OpenSecrets estimates the total cost of 2022 midterm elections could top $9.3 billion.

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September 29, 2022
2022 federal midterm election spending on track to top $9.3 billion


The total cost of 2022 federal midterm elections is projected to exceed $9.3 billion, according to an early, conservative estimate by OpenSecrets. More than $4.8 billion has already been spent on 2022 midterms, setting federal election spending on track to surpass the inflation-adjusted 2018 federal midterm record of $7.1 billion.

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Stay tuned! OpenSecrets will release state level cost of election totals for the 2022 midterm election in the coming weeks.

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Taiwan paid Ballard Partners for foreign lobbying and influence campaign on behalf of Guatemala

Lobbying firm Ballard Partners raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of the Guatemalan government’s foreign influence operations in the U.S., with Taiwan footing the bill.

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Anti-Taliban group enlisted new foreign agent, renews call for international support

The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, a military alliance opposing the Taliban, enlisted a new lobbyist to bolster relations with the U.S.

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Spending on the midterm elections this year is expected to exceed $9.3 billion, according to a new report from OpenSecrets. That total would easily surpass the inflation-adjusted midterm record of $7.1 billion in 2018.

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