While this is a relatively sleepy mid-term election in Montana with few statewide races, that is not the case elsewhere. Spending by outside groups has skyrocketed when compared to four years ago, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
Spending by outside groups trying to influence the mid-term elections increased by a staggering $78 million in the last week, pushing the total spent by non-profits, labor unions and party committees to more than $200 million this cycle. That’s an 80 percent increase from 2006, the last mid-term election.