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Report: Clinton spent more money than any other presidential candidate in history — and still lost
TOPSHOT - US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a concession speech after being defeated by Republican president-elect Donald Trump in New York on November 9, 2016. / AFP / JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Report: Clinton spent more money than any other presidential candidate in history — and still lost

Hillary Clinton and her Democratic supporters spent a whopping $1.2 billion on her second failed run at the White House — a record amount.

According to the New York Post, that amount was half of what President-elect Donald Trump and Republican spent, which came in at only $600 million.

Trump famously made claims last June that no person needed to raise or spend more than $1 billion to become president, saying that he would never need to raise such a high amount of money to win the White House because of all the free press he receives.

More from the Post:

Clinton’s expensive machine tore through $131.8 million in just the final weeks, finishing with about $839,000 on hand as of Nov. 28.

Team Trump spent $94.5 million in the home stretch — from Oct. 20 to Nov. 28 — and had $7.6 million left.

The figures include all spending by the campaigns, PACs and party committees.

Still, Trump did not make good on his promise to donate $100 million of his personal money to his campaign. Early in his campaign, Trump said he would give $100 million to his campaign — part of his self-funding strategy. But in the end, Trump only gave $66 million, according to FEC documents.

In addition, Clinton spent more than President Barack Obama did in both 2008 and 2012, while Trump spent substantially less than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

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Chris Enloe

Chris Enloe

Staff Writer

Chris is a staff writer for Blaze News. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can reach him at cenloe@blazemedia.com.
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