LANSING (Jan. 17, 2020) — Any Michigander spending a decent amount of time watching television since Thanksgiving has likely seen Michael Bloomberg.
Not in the news or on the debate stage, but during a commercial break. Bloomberg has spent about $6.6 million in the last eight weeks running ads on broadcast TV and cable, according to MCFN’s review of FCC filings and data from the firm Advertising Analytics.
His campaign has aired 13 different ads more than 7,600 times, and in 2020 they have represented 79% of all political advertisements on Michigan television. He is on pace to outspend the entire 2016 primary field from both parties by the March primary election.
And in the state's three most contentious congressional races, more than $5 million in TV advertising has already been spent, the vast majority of the money from undisclosed sources.
Click here to read MCFN's report and view an infographic detailing the spending of all advertisers sine 2019.
To find all of MCFN's work to follow the money in state politics, visit
www.mcfn.org.
