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• More than $90 million has already been spent on digital ads by 2020 presidential candidates.
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• Total combined fundraising by presidential candidates and by super PACs supporting their campaigns for the upcoming 2020 election has exceeded $684 million. And millions more have been raised for congressional races for the House and Senate.

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