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  2. - faced with a primary challenge from , has been spending big, mostly on TV ads over the past month. The two will face off for the Democratic nomination on Sept. 11

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  3. How is there so much money in our political system? We can look to a number of court cases that changed the game:

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  4. Wisconsin GOP Senate nominee hopes Richard Uihlein, who spent millions supporting her primary opponent, will continue to fund ads attacking incumbent Democrat in the general election

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  6. - ahead of next week's primaries, analysis finds GOP candidates for Wyoming Governor spending heavily to boost their own campaigns

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  7. GOP mega-donor Richard Uihlein, suffered his biggest loss yet when , his chosen candidate for Wisconsin Senate, lost his primary Tuesday. Uihlein has spent roughly $10 million backing him & over $30 million this cycle

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    Incumbents up for re-election in 70 competitive House districts spent nearly DOUBLE as much money on mailers—"glossy self-promotional pieces sent at taxpayers’ expense"—than members of Congress in less competitive districts, as ranked by

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  9. refers to political spending meant to influence the decision of a voter, where the donor is not disclosed - discover the groups spending the most here:

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  10. - Though she won the Dem primary for the competitive 3rd District of Kansas just last week, is already facing ads from - which recently set up a campaign office in the district as well.

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  11. Democratic women are continuing to get elected to Congress in larger and larger numbers, while Republican women's numbers stay stagnant

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  12. When super PACs are used to create wealth, not votes...

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  13. The 2,065 super PACs active in the the 2018 Midterms have so far reported raising more than $639 million and spending more than $150 million.

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  15. - contacted OpenSecrets to fact check 's statements on challenger fundraising. Their ruling? Pants on fire.

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  16. Moderate Democrats in the Senate are reaping in contributions from big banks in the

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  17. During the 2016 campaign, venture capitalist Peter Thiel gave $1 million to the pro-Trump super PAC Make America Number 1 & $250,000 to the Trump Victory Committee - will he support a pro-Trump group in a year that Trump is not on the ballot?

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  18. With a number of states still left to hold their primaries, the have already seen more women secure nominations for House and Senate than any previous cycle.

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  19. The West Virginia Senate race was once thought to be an easy win for Republicans. But nominee Patrick Morrisey, facing a barrage of attack ads, has struggled to gain traction or raise funds.

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  20. A proposal to lift contribution limits to state lawmakers is causing strife in California

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