Presidential Candidates Spent $1 Billion Already

Apr 21, 2016, 08:46 PM

It's official: The 2016 presidential election is already a 10-figure affair.

Household names such as Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz account for much of this spending. But a gaggle of obscure and moneyed super PACs have likewise helped rocket campaign expenditures to mesospheric levels — ones unthinkable even four years ago.