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		rootusrootus on April 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Congress Is About to Ban the US Government from Of... As of a few years ago, the average cost for a winning campaign for the House of Representatives was about $1.5M. The average cost for a winning Senate campaign was a bit over $10M.

johnsimer on April 10, 2019 [–]

Wow, so this means someone could theoretically buy out the House for <$1b?

rootusrootus on April 10, 2019 | [–]

Sure, if you think it's that easy. Problem is that there are lots and lots of examples of people spending ridiculous amounts of money in politics trying to sway an election, and losing anyway.

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