Published on 30 Apr 2024 on Star News via Yahoo Finance
The correlation between money and victory: Who's raised more in the NC governor's race?
Running for office is expensive – and it’s just getting worse.
“It’s gone up by leaps and bounds,” said Eric Heberlig, professor of political science and author at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
The money spent on campaigns has increased by about a billion to be more exact, according to a projection on the cost of the 2023-24 election cycle from AdImpact, a company tracking ad spending in politics.