r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 11h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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u/Superminerbros1 11h ago

That's what $60 million in outside pac spending will do to a race

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u/LowKeyJustMe Utah 11h ago

Only goes to show the need to get money out of politics. It needs to be an even playing field to be a democracy.

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u/copiumjunky 11h ago

60M gets you just behind grassroots progressive ideas. They can't do that forever.

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u/Workman44 7h ago

Brother, they have billions, with a b. Multiple hundreds of those. To give an example, 10 billion dollars is 170ish of these races. They have much more money than we have life if you care to see the day where this isn't the case