AIPAC pivoted in the final week of the campaign to focusing its fire on the more pro-Palestinian Abughazaleh than Biss, who was backed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Another AIPAC affiliate, Chicago Progressive Partnership, ran ads painting Abughazaleh as a closet Republican and boosting a lower tier leftist in the race, Bushra Amiwala.
Democratic Senate candidates spent more than $50 million on political ads, with Krishnamoorthi spending roughly twice as much as any other candidate. Outside groups also poured money into the race. Super PACs backed by cryptocurrency interests spent nearly $10 million in attack ads against Stratton.
When child care can cost more than your rent or a mortgage, or you have to sacrifice a paycheck in order to be able to take care of a loved one, that can motivate how people vote. Each election cycle, we see candidates recognizing that more and more.
Cornyn showed surprise strength, setting up 2+ months of an expensive, nasty primary race before a May 26 runoff against Paxton. Now Cornyn and Paxton will compete for President Trump's endorsement - a priceless prize in a primary that has already cost the Republican Party close to $100 million.
Apart from finance, the party contributed to personnel, canvassing, ­leafleting and more Sinn Féin spent almost four times that of the other opposition parties to get Catherine Connolly elected President, new figures reveal.
Living in northern Virginia, there were so many ads, you were like, 'What in the hell is going on?' There are all these anti-trans ads every time you turn on the TV," Psaki explained. "It was the majority. I looked this up because I was curious. 57% of all of the money spent by both the campaign for Winsome Sears as well as the outside groups was on anti-trans ads.
Khan has been an ally of Mamdani's, praising him in a New York Times op-ed about his outreach to small business owners. But her appointment to a formal role on his transition team sends a message to Wall Street and the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who ruffled the feathers of the tech elite by criticizing billionaires and proposing a 2% tax of incomes over $1 million.
Ontario's Progressive Conservatives outspent their opponents during last winter's provincial election by more than $6 million, but one of their nearest rivals says the governing party had a massive head start because of its use of taxpayer-funded advertising months ahead of the snap vote. The election spending figures come from mandatory filings more than six months after the writ period. Premier Doug Ford called the winter election seeking a new mandate to address U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats and cruised to a third-straight majority government in February.
