2012 campaign set to cost a record $6 billion

Miami : FL : USA | Oct 31, 2012 at 12:23 PM PDT

Source: Miami Herald

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Accelerating spending by outside groups in the final weeks of the 2012 campaign will drive total spending on federal elections this cycle to a record $6 billion, according to a new analysis by the nonpartisan research group Center for Responsive Politics. FULL ARTICLE AT Miami Herald

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