Running a political campaign is expensive. The bucks start here -- with the 100 donors who contributed a bulk of the campaign cash spent over the past decade, according to California Watch.
"Hundreds of thousands" of citizens and committees have donated cash to campaigns, but an "elite club" of 100 supplied one-third of the $3.67 billion spent in the state since 2001, the nonprofit reported.
These top dollar providers backed winning efforts five times more often than they bankrolled losers, it was reported. They also tended to spend heavily on ballot initiatives.
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Stephen Bing, a Hollywood magnate, spent the most of any individual, spending almost $50 million in 2006 alone. The California Teachers Union spent the most of any group, with the union spending $118 million on campaigns, much of it during 2005, the nonprofit reported.
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Two Indian tribes spent $80 million each in 2008.
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