Political candidates spend early, often on TV ads
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Political advertising  spending in this presidential primary season is on a record  track with TV stations in the early decision states benefiting  the most.
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Congressional candidates spent a record &#36;911.8 million in last year's races, and several 2006 contests are already showing signs they will carry big price tags.
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Finance reports show that candidates are already building up operations in several states whose early primaries have forced a burst of spending.
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Most presidential candidates make last-minute appeals to voters in states on the eve of voting. Republican Mike Huckabee appears on late-night television.
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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Details of a television ad released Thursday by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign.
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Two negative ads recently launched by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has spent more on advertising than any other candidate, either misrepresent his rival's records or include distortions, according to a CNN analysis of the commercials.
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While there has been more Internet advertising activity in this year's presidential race than in the past, the money spent on Web ads still pales in comparison to that allocated for TV commercials, the first-ever study of online political ads found.
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Signaling a new phase in the struggle for control of Congress, House Democrats have reserved time for more than $30 million worth of campaign advertising this fall in roughly two dozen congressional districts, with a heavy emphasis on the Northeast and Midwest.
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House and Senate candidates have spent at least &#36;487 million this election cycle, &#36;130 million more than congressional candidates had poured in by this point in the 2002 races.
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Flush with cash, the Senate Democratic campaign organization has reserved more than $25 million worth of television advertising time for the fall, the bulk of it aimed at toppling Republican incumbents in Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania.
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Inundated with politics long before the 2008 presidential election, U.S. voters are in danger of suffering wearying bouts of the uniquely American affliction of &quot;campaign fatigue&quot; in coming months.
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Presidential campaigns are hoarding money for a coming advertising blitz &#151; mostly in Iowa and New Hampshire &#151; during the final three months of the year on airwaves already saturated with candidate commercials.
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Based on a review of the 2005-2006 fundraising and spending activity of the 2008 presidential hopefuls, it is clear several had been in serious training during the last two years and hit the 2007 starting line at running speed. Others candidates were just starting to warm up.
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Republicans Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani ramped up their presidential campaign spending in the second quarter of the year, with Romney outpacing his contributions with an aggressive media strategy.
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Since emerging from a coast-to-coast slate of presidential contests on Feb. 5, Democrat Barack Obama has significantly outspent rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on television commercials, providing a crucial edge that helped push him to a rapid succession of primary and caucus victories.
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John Kerry's campaign boosts spending on online ads in the final month of the election season, trying to maintain the momentum he gained from the first debate. It's surprising the campaigns haven't spent more online, experts say. By Louise Witt.