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Congressional Campaign Spending: 1976-1996 (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Aug. 19, 1997
Report Number 97-793
Report Type Report
Authors Joseph E. Cantor, Government Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

House and Senate candidates spent a record $765.3 million in 1996, up from $115.5 million in 1976. Even controlled for inflation, spending levels in all categories more than doubled from 1976-1996. This report presents data on costs of congressional campaigns, in both aggregate and (mean) average terms.