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Battle ’10

Tracking the 2010 midterm elections.

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The Most Expensive Race: A Visual of $33 Million in Independent Expenditures

Tags: Colo.

The U.S. Senate battle between reelected Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet and his Republican challenger Ken Buck won the title for the most expensive race with more than $33 million spent in favor of both candidates, with a slight majority favoring the GOP candidate with 54 percent of overall independent expenditures:

Race–Colo. Sen. Michael F Bennet, D (incumbent)

Last week–$5,964,300

Two weeks ago–$7,566,269

Three weeks ago–$4,878,765

Total–$33,435,827

Partisanship–54% Republican

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