The REAL Cost of the Mid-Terms: How Politicians Spent $4.2 Billion on Ads - More Than Any Other Election in U.S. History

Politicians spent a staggering $4.2billion on campaign TV ads in the run-up to last week’s mid-term elections, it was claimed today.

The 1.48 million television spots were the most for any election in U.S. history – including the 2008 presidential campaign.

And some of the cities where candidates spent the most were in areas most blighted by the nation’s economic slump.'

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