And Nikki Haley's campaign and the groups that are supporting her, call them Team Haley, have spent the most - $81.1 million. MONTANARO: Overall, we've had $283 million spent in campaign ads. It's expected to climb even higher in 2024. A record $9 billion was spent on ads for elections in this country in 2020, including the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
MCCAMMON: Elections in America have become flush with cash. MONTANARO: And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. I cover the presidential campaign.ĭAVIS: I'm Susan Davis. It's just something that a lot of us could do. One mile a day - it's not like a marathon. MCCAMMON: I like the attainability, too, of that goal. SUSAN DAVIS, BYLINE: A well-deserved day off.ĭOMENICO MONTANARO, BYLINE: Smart to prevent injury, too. (SOUNDBITE OF THE BIGTOP ORCHESTRA'S 'TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE (MARCH AND TWO-STEP)') STEPHEN: Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but just know that I will be enjoying the nifty 50 and that I won't be running tomorrow. Today is my 50th birthday, and I'm going on the last run of my 500 to 50 challenge, in which I ran one mile a day every day for 500 days leading up to the big five-oh.
This is Stephen (ph) in Murfreesboro, Tenn.