The Numbers You Need For Election Night
At 8 p.m. tonight, precincts reporting and ballots counted will be the only metric that matters. Until then, MCFN has a breakdown of spending in key races.
Republicans maintained a cash advantage heading into election day, despite Democratic candidates out-raising their GOP counterparts, thanks to major contributions to caucus and leadership PACs. But Democrats have tapped into a new source of funding: small-dollar donations from outside Michigan. Democratic candidates for the state House received an astonishing 120,409 donations of $10 or less this cycle, mostly from outside Michigan. Republicans, by contrast, received 213. (Read more.)This Election Has Outspent 2018 In Broadcast Ads Alone
$150 million in the presidential race. $143 million for the U.S. Senate. $40 million on U.S. House races. $15 million in contests for the state House. Advertising on broadcast television, radio and cable in Michigan, by themselves, eclipsed the total spending of the 2018 election. (Read more.)
The Highest Ad-Spending Michigan House DistrictsThe money spent on broadcast advertising for the state House this year — nearly $15 million — outpaced 2018 spending in legislative races, and only one of two chambers are in contention this year. It exceeds the $9 million spent for the House and Senate combined in 2018. (View the spending by party in each district.)
To follow money in Michigan politics even more closely, check out our new Twitter account, @MCFNbot. It posts automatic updates on Michigan-specific campaign finance information in real time, including when new PACs are registered with the state, state and congressional candidates file finance reports and more features to come soon.
