Cenk Uygur
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America's Billionaires Have Already Spent Over $100 Million On 2014 Elections
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September 28, 2014
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3:56Now Playing"As the Democratic Party works to hold control of the U.S. Senate for the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency, a key strategy for November's elections seeks to tie Republican challengers to policies advocated by billionaire donors, especially brothers Charles and David Koch.
Following the money, while made more difficult by the rise of undisclosed dark money in this year's campaign, does indeed show that billionaires are spending big. An analysis by The Huffington Post of contributions made by the nation's approximately 471 billionaires and their families found that the wealthiest sector of American society has donated $113.7 million in races for federal offices."
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