Kentucky's Daniel Cameron makes final pitch to voters ahead of Election Day
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the Republican nominee for governor of the commonwealth, is making his final pitch to voters ahead of Election Day as his bid to unseat the Democrat incumbent remains in a dead heat.
TV, radio, and digital ads, mailers, bumper stickers and yard signs.
A lot goes into getting the message out when running for elective office.
But wait, there is plenty more to tally up.
Campaign staff, advisers and consultants, polling, grassroots outreach, get-out-the-vote efforts, and travel - they all cost money, and it all adds up.
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File photo of an "I voted" sticker in Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
It even takes money to raise cash, as fundraising is far from free.
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This year's off-year elections - including the governors races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi, and the legislative showdowns in Virginia and New Jersey, are relatively dirt cheap compared to presidential election cycles.
Multiple articles from major liberal media outlets argued that America's voting system needs to be altered. (GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images)
There was roughly $14 billion in political spending in the 2020 election, doubling the price tag for the 2016 cycle.
The 2024 elections are expected to break records once again - with more than $10 billion forecast to be dished out on ad spending alone.
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