By the numbers: a 2014 money-in-politics index

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December 24, 2014

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By the numbers: a 2014 money-in-politics index

by The Center for Public Integrity, Center for Public Integrity
December 24, 2014
					<h1>By the numbers: a 2014 money-in-politics index</h1>
<p class="byline">by The Center for Public Integrity, Center for Public Integrity <br />December 24, 2014</p>
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            <a name="totalelectioncost" class="anchor"><br />
            $3.66B<br />
            The estimated </a><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/cost.php">cost</a> of the 2014 federal midterm elections<br />
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            $118.8M<br />
            The </a><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topraces.php?cycle=2014&amp;display=allcandsout">total amount</a> spent by candidates, parties and other groups in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. Number of Senate races where more was spent: 0<br />
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            10<br />
            U.S. Senate races where all candidates, parties and other groups combined to spent </a><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topraces.php?cycle=2014&amp;display=allcandsout">at least $50 million<br />
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            17,727<br />
            </a><a href="http://cms.sbe.virginia.gov/public/?p=election_summary&amp;id=1&amp;loc=true">votes</a> by which Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie lost to Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Warner<br />
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<p>            <a name="wecandobetter" class="anchor"><br />
            $140,000<br />
            total amount raised by the We Can Do Better PAC, the super PAC </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/11/07/16239/gillespies-rich-friends-leave-him-hanging">created to boost Gillespie<br />
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<p>            <a name="republicanmajorities" class="anchor"><br />
            11<br />
            state legislatures </a><a href="http://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections,_2014">gained Republican majorities</a> in 2014<br />
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<p>            <a name="statelegracestotal" class="anchor"><br />
            $62.8M<br />
            estimated amount of money </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/who-calls-shots/state-ad-wars-tracker">spent airing TV ads</a> in state legislative races in 2014<br />
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<p>            <a name="bobmcdonnellgifts" class="anchor"><br />
            $177,000<br />
            the total value of the gifts, vacations and loans former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was </a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/former-virginia-governor-mcdonnells-sentencing-guidelines-10-years-at-least/2014/12/12/6ba6db6e-816e-11e4-8882-03cf08410beb_story.html">convicted of receiving</a> in exchange for political favors<br />
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            10<br />
            the minimum number of years the U.S. Probation Office recommended McDonnell serve in prison as a result<br />
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<p>            <a name="electioncommissioners" class="anchor"><br />
            6<br />
            Federal Election Commission </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/12/17/16527/new-fec-chief-dark-money-mission">commissioners<br />
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            4<br />
            Federal Election Commission commissioners still serving despite their terms having expired<br />
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            $27.5M<br />
            amount of money Illinois’ Republican Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner gave to his own campaign<br />
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<p>            <a name="raunertvtotal" class="anchor"><br />
            $37M<br />
            estimated amount of money Rauner’s campaign </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/who-calls-shots/illinois">spent airing TV ads<br />
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<p>            <a name="litwinage" class="anchor"><br />
            100<br />
            age of real estate developer Leonard Litwin, the top donor to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2014 re-election campaign<br />
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            $1M<br />
            amount of money companies affiliated with Litwin’s real estate management firm gave to Cuomo’s campaign<br />
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<p>            <a name="420" class="anchor"><br />
            3,834<br />
            Number of TV ads that ran in </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/who-calls-shots/alaska#ballot-measures">Alaska</a> and <a href="https://publicintegrity.org/who-calls-shots/oregon#ballot-measures">Oregon</a> to support recreational pot legalization<br />
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<p>            <a name="aggregatelimit" class="anchor"><br />
            $123,200<br />
            aggregate federal campaign contribution limit before April’s </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/04/22/14611/mccutcheon-decision-explained-more-money-pour-political-process">McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission</a> decision<br />
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<p>            <a name="darkmoneyads" class="anchor"><br />
            6<br />
            key U.S. Senate races where “dark money” groups accounted for at least </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/11/05/16218/dark-money-funded-tv-ads-senate-races">1 of every 5</a> TV ads<br />
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<p>            <a name="darkmoneyads2" class="anchor"><br />
            3<br />
            key U.S. Senate races where “dark money” groups accounted for at least </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/11/05/16218/dark-money-funded-tv-ads-senate-races">1 of every 4</a> TV ads<br />
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<p>            <a name="kentuckyoppt" class="anchor"><br />
            1/7<br />
            of TV ads in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race aired by a single </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/10/29/16088/flush-mystery-money-kentucky-nonprofit-haunts-grimes-senate-bid">pro-Mitch McConnell “dark money” group</a> run by a former McConnell aide<br />
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<p>            <a name="irsdenials1981" class="anchor"><br />
            3.86<br />
            percent of 501(c)(4) “social welfare” group applications denied, </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/07/15/15033/how-irs-nonprofit-division-fared-5-charts">in 1981</a>, by the Internal Revenue Service<br />
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<p>            <a name="irsdenials2013" class="anchor"><br />
            .22<br />
            percent of 501(c)(4) “social welfare” group applications denied, </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/07/15/15033/how-irs-nonprofit-division-fared-5-charts">in 2013</a>, by the Internal Revenue Service: 0.22<br />
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<p>            <a name="kochu" class="anchor"><br />
            163<br />
            U.S. colleges and universities </a><a href="/2014/03/27/14497/inside-koch-brothers-campus-crusade">receiving money from private foundations led by Charles or David Koch<br />
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<p>            <a name="surpluscash" class="anchor"><br />
             $100M<br />
            nearly the collective amount of </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/05/22/14790/nearly-100-million-campaign-cash-sits-idle">surplus campaign cash</a> controlled by former congressional candidates<br />
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<p>            <a name="senatemajorityads" class="anchor"><br />
            50,200<br />
            ads run during 2014 election cycle by pro-Democratic super PAC Senate Majority PAC, which ran more ads than any other outside group<br />
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<p>            <a name="tomsteyerraised" class="anchor"><br />
            $78M<br />
            raised by liberal environmentalist Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate Action super PAC<br />
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            0<br />
            super PACs that raised more<br />
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<p>            <a name="capitofinance" class="anchor"><br />
             60%<br />
            increase in donations from the financial industry this cycle versus 2012 for Sen.-elect and </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/04/24/14595/meet-banking-caucus-wall-streets-secret-weapon-washington">Banking Caucus member</a> Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.<br />
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<p>            <a name="capitofinance2" class="anchor"><br />
            4<br />
            industry-friendly financial bills introduced by Capito during the 113th Congress, while she chaired a key subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee<br />
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            Years since the </a><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2014/06/26/15002/happy-birthday-super-pac">term</a> “super PAC” was first used<br />
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            13<br />
            super PACs and hybrid PACs that include “Hillary” or “Clinton” in their name<br />
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            0<br />
            super PACs and hybrid PACs that include “Jeb” or “Bush” in their name<br />
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<h2><a href="/2014/12/24/16554/federal-politics-findings-you-may-have-missed" target="_self" title="Federal politics findings you may have missed" rel="noopener">Federal politics findings you may have missed</a></h2>
<h4 class="authors">By <span><span class="author"><a href="/authors/center-public-integrity" title="The Center for Public Integrity">The Center for Public Integrity</a></span></span></h4>
<h4 class="pubdate"><time datetime="2014-12-24T05:00:00-05:00">December 24, 2014</time></h4>
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<p><em>Rachel Baye, Michael Beckel, Jared Bennett, Liz Essley Whyte, Allan Holmes, Carrie Levine, Dave Levinthal and Daniel Wagner contributed to this report.</em></p>

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