It may be time to regulate the grubby arms race of election spending
12 September 2021 - 00:00
It costs between $15m (R213m) and $19m to win a seat in the US Senate. This is according to OpenSecrets, a nonprofit that tracks the effect of money on the country’s legal and policymaking agenda. In the last elections, a congressional win cost candidates significantly less, at a more modest but still staggering $2m per seat...
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