“Let’s say you haven’t paid any attention," said Meredith McGehee, executive director of Issue One, the government reform group. Democratic candidates held a huge spending advantage over Republicans in this year’s midterms, which drew massive voter turnout compared to most off-year elections.ĭemocrats ousted one incumbent GOP senator – Nevada’s Dean Heller – and at least 22 Republican incumbent House members (with several races still to be decided), while Republicans defeated four Senate Democratic incumbents – Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, and Bill Nelson of Florida. The winner of the majority of House races was the candidate who raised and spent the most money. That’s not to say the amount of money raised and spent was not a factor. In at least 41 House races, the bigger spender lost – including 36 contests in which the Democrat outspent the Republican, according to an analysis of campaign spending totals compiled by USA TODAY. WASHINGTON – A record-breaking total of more than $5 billion was spent on the just concluded midterm elections, but dozens of candidates who spent more money than their opponents were not celebrating a win on election night.
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