Data Points: Money in the House and Senate Elections
House and Senate Democratic Party committees had huge advantages over Republican Party committees
Posted November 11, 2008
$1.1 million: Average "cost of winning" a seat in the House for 2008 (as of October 15)
$5.6 million: Average "cost of winning" a seat in the Senate for 2008 (as of October 15)
$75.3 million: Amount spent by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as of November 3
$22.8 million: Amount spent by the National Republican Congressional Committee as of November 3
38: Number of House races in which the DCCC spent $1 million or more
4: Number of House races in which the NRCC spent $1 million or more
Source: George Washington University Campaign Finance Institute
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