The total of US' spending on races during the 2022 midterm election cycle will exceed $16.7 billion, breaking the record of the inflation-adjusted $13.7 billion spent in 2018,
美国在2022年中期选举周期的竞选支出总额将超过167亿美元,打破了2018年经通货膨胀调整后的137亿美元的记录,
according to Bloomberg, citing estimates from OpenSecrets, a nonprofit organization in the US.
这是彭博社援引美国非营利组织OpenSecrets的估算数据。
Federal candidates and committees are expected to spend $8.9 billion as Republicans and Democrats fight over control of the narrowly divided House and Senate,
在共和党和民主党争夺众议院和参议院的控制权之际,联邦候选人和委员会预计将支出89亿美元,
while state candidates, party committees and ballot measure committees are on track to raise $7.8 billion.
而州候选人、政党委员会和投票措施委员会正按计划筹集78亿美元。
"No other midterm election has seen as much money at the state and federal levels as the 2022 elections," said Sheila Krumholz, executive director of OpenSecrets.
“没有哪一次中期选举像2022年中期选举那样在州和联邦层面获得了如此多的资金,”OpenSecrets执行董事希拉·克鲁姆霍尔兹说。
"We're seeing record-breaking totals spent on elections up and down the ballot."
“我们看到在选举上花费的总金额达到了创纪录的水平。”
Competitive Republican primaries and significant 2021 spending in the wake of the Jan 6 insurrection contributed to the record-smashing totals seen earlier this year, according to OpenSecrets.
OpenSecrets的数据显示,共和党初选竞争激烈,以及1月6日美国国会暴乱后2021年的巨额支出,促成了今年早些时候创纪录的总金额。
Fundraising by federal candidates in 2021 was up $519 million from 2017, adjusted for inflation.
经通货膨胀调整后,2021年联邦候选人筹集的资金比2017年增加了5.19亿美元。
Democrats have raised more money than Republicans at the federal level this election cycle,
在本届选举周期中,民主党在联邦层面筹集的资金超过了共和党,
but Republicans are spending more than Democrats as the party pushes to regain control of the US House and Senate.
但随着共和党努力夺回对美国参众两院的控制权,共和党的支出却超过了民主党。
While both parties have their billionaires, Republicans have many more.
虽然两党都有自己的亿万富翁,但共和党的亿万富翁更多。
Of the 25 top donors this cycle, 18 are Republican, according to OpenSecrets, and they have outspent Democrats by $200 million.
OpenSecrets的数据显示,在本轮选举的25个最大捐款者中,有18个是共和党人,他们的捐款额比民主党人多出了2亿美元。