Money in Politics: New Jersey’s Presidential Primary

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Circa Victor

2 min readJun 7, 2016

More than $66 million was spent by candidates and super PACs in an effort to win today’s Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in New Jersey.

Here’s how the spending breaks down.

$33,222,387 was spent by super PACs. Hillary Clinton lead all candidates in super PAC expenditures both supporting ($24,804,577) and opposing ($255,944) her candidacy.

Clinton also leads in candidate spending with at least $24,733,573 spent by her campaign compared to Bernie Sanders’ $7,883,289 and $244,726 from Donald Trump. The total for candidate spending in New Jersey was $32,861,588.

In the final 90 days of the New Jersey primary, Clinton again leads all candidates in spending with $6,004,472 compared to Sanders’ $2,519,427 and Trump’s $38,525.

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Money in Politics: New Jersey’s Presidential Primary

$33,222,387 was spent by super PACs. Hillary Clinton lead all candidates in super PAC expenditures both supporting ($24,804,577) and opposing ($255,944) her candidacy.

Clinton also leads in candidate spending with at least $24,733,573 spent by her campaign compared to Bernie Sanders’ $7,883,289 and $244,726 from Donald Trump. The total for candidate spending in New Jersey was $32,861,588.

In the final 90 days of the New Jersey primary, Clinton again leads all candidates in spending with $6,004,472 compared to Sanders’ $2,519,427 and Trump’s $38,525.

We’re building tools that give everyone the power to follow the money. Want to see what happens next?

Written by Jon Lewis