Michigan politics

Prior to 2006, the record for spending (combined) on the governor's race in Michigan was $38 million. Here are the figures through October 20 this year:

• DeVos-R             $39.3 Million

  
  

• Granholm-D          $11.6 Million

If anything, DeVos has stepped up his media spending in the last week, so you can bet that his spending number will go up at least another $15 million.^[1]

Where does DeVos get all this money? Good question:

Granholm had more cash on hand -- $4 million to DeVos' $1.9 million -- but DeVos can continue to tap into his personal wealth. Since the end of August, he contributed $18.5 million of his own money into the race, bringing his total personal spending on his campaign to nearly $35 million. |source|

Granholm, somehow, has a significant lead in the polls.
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1 For what it's worth, last night's local news reported that DeVos had now spent $59 million. It's not worth much though, because they also reported that the previous combined total spending was $18 million, and that figure is demonstrably false.