Bush, Kerry, Parties Spending &#36;40M on Ads
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President Bush, Sen. John Kerry and their political parties are spending nearly &#36;40 million on TV ads in the final week of the presidential campaign as they adjust their strategies in a shrinking battleground.
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Sen. John Kerry and his campaign have spent much of the last week accusing President Bush&#39;s campaign of illegally coordinating with a third-party group that has been running
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Facts and figures on spending in the presidential race:
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Democratic Party leaders said Wednesday they want to know why Sen. John Kerry ended his presidential campaign with more than &#36;15 million in the bank, money that could have helped Democratic candidates across the country.
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WASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry links the cost of the Iraq war to problems at home and vows in a new television ad to both "defend America and fight for the middle class."  "200 billion dollars. That's what we are spending in Iraq because George Bush chose to go it alone," Kerry says in the ad, to start airing Monday in 13 competitive states where he is on the air...
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John Kerry will begin his post-Labor Day advertising blitz in seven states from New Hampshire to New Mexico, his political Ground Zero for a &#36;50 million campaign scheduled to expand into another 13 states by Nov. 2.
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The aggressive fund raising that produced record spending in the 2004 presidential race won't stop with the election. President Bush's finance team will now look to raise millions from businesses and other big donors to finance inauguration festivities.
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Facts and figures on political action committee spending in the presidential race since Labor Day:
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Propelled by a boom in political campaign budgets, ad spending in the major media tracked by Nielsen Media Research rose 6.4 percent during the first half of 2004, according to estimates released Tuesday by Nielsen&#39;s Monitor-Plus unit. The automotive ...
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The battle for Ohio in last year's presidential campaign came with a huge price tag: &#36;100 million for television advertising alone, according to a new study.
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Lobbyists spent more than &#36;1 billion in the first half of 2004 promoting their positions in front of the president and Congress, putting the nation on track for its first &#36;2 billion lobbying year.
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The Athens Olympics and the US elections boosted total US advertising spending in the third quarter, leaving 2004-to-date spending levels 10.3% above the year-ago level, according to a study released Monday.
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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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John Kerry cut his campaign spending sharply last month in an effort to stretch &#36;75 million in government funding, but he still started September with several million less than President Bush.
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The team collecting private donations to finance President Bush's inaugural festivities has taken in &#36;18 million, putting it nearly halfway to its goal of at least &#36;40 million.
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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.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 4, 2004 - While there has been more Internet advertising activity in this year&#39;s presidential race than in the past, the money spent on Web ads still pales in comparison to that allocated