Price tag on the April 26th Primaries? More Than $16 Million.
The road to election day has taken us to five states that had the potential to swing a great deal of momentum for a few candidates. Overall, John Kasich was the largest beneficiary of super PAC spending in support of his candidacy ($773,319) while Donald Trump didn’t see super PACs spend a single red penny supporting his effort.
Meanwhile, super PACs spent $1,193,617 opposing Trump’s candidacy and no money opposing Sanders or Kasich.
Of the states holding primaries last night, Connecticut led the pack with more than $7 million spent overall while Delaware trailed badly with just shy of $76K spent. 💸
Connecticut
In Connecticut, super PACs spent $167K supporting vs. $62K opposing candidates. Clinton spent the most money in The Constitution State at $6.5MM while Kasich spent only $7K.
Connecticut Democratic Primary Winner: Hillary Clinton
Connecticut Republican Primary Winner: Donald Trump
Maryland
Maryland saw super PACs spend $554K supporting vs. $1.3MM opposing candidates. Clinton spent the most money in Maryland (nearly $800K) while Trump spent only $26K.
Maryland Democratic Primary Winner: Hillary Clinton
Maryland Republican Primary Winner: Donald Trump
Pennsylvania
Super PACs spent $456,885 supporting vs. $355,633 opposing candidates in Pennsylvania. Clinton spent the most money there ($1.7MM) while Trump spent only $9,755.
Pennsylvania Democratic Primary Winner: Hillary Clinton
Pennsylvania Republican Primary Winner: Donald Trump
Rhode Island
In Rhode Island, super PACs spent only $39K supporting vs. a little under $20K opposing candidates. Clinton spent the most money there $1.3MM while Kasich didn’t spend a dime.
Maryland Democratic Primary Winner: Bernie Sanders
Maryland Republican Primary Winner: Donald Trump
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