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Six numbers that demonstrate how the FEC is MIA
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According to a new Issue One analysis of campaign finance data, roughly $20 million has poured into the special election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, which voters will decide on Tuesday.
Outside groups — including super PACs and dark money groups — have been major players in the race, spending nearly as much money in the race as the candidates themselves. (The November 2018 elections set a new record for the number of races in which super PACs and dark money groups outspent the candidates’ own campaigns, as Issue One previously reported.)
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) have also spent millions of dollars on ads ahead of Tuesday’s special election in a Republican-leaning part of North Carolina that election observers have rated a toss up.
The race — which is officially the last election of the 2018 midterms — comes after election fraud tainted the results of the November 2018 contest in the district and the state’s board of elections ordered a new election. Republican Dan Bishop, Democrat Dan McCready, Libertarian Jeff Scott, and Green Party candidate Allen Smith are all on the ballot.
Here are some key numbers to know about the money in this election:
NEW from @IssueOneReform: More than $20 MILLION has been invested so far in the #NC09 special election, with outside groups like super PACs and #darkmoney organizations nearly spending as much as the candidates’ themselves https://t.co/wmOUrk1XZW pic.twitter.com/QWoC2YPhHp
— Michael Beckel (@mjbeckel) September 9, 2019
Numbers based on an Issue One analysis of campaign finance filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission as of the morning of Sept. 9, 2019.
Michael Beckel contributed to this report.
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