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IcyPeas

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6. Caruso reportedly spent $162.00 for each vote

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 03:33 PM

Nov 2022

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Billionaire developer Rick Caruso spent $162 for each vote he received in his Los Angeles mayoral campaign, according to Crosstown LA, a nonprofit news organization based at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.

Caruso, who was defeated by Rep. Karen Bass in a mayoral race on which he spent a total of over $100 million, is projected to receive around 421,383 votes, according to Crosstown LA. The report found that Bass spent $10 per vote, a fraction of Caruso's spending.

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Karen Bass drew more votes than any mayor candidate in L.A. history [View all] quaint Nov 2022 OP

I read she spent a fraction of the money her opponent spent. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #1

He spent $100 million dollars of his own money .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #4

He wanted it bad Demovictory9 Nov 2022 #5

but then L.A. goes and votes in a repubulican house member giving the cons the 218 it needed Fullduplexxx Nov 2022 #2

Don't put this all on us here in Los Angeles .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2022 #3

Caruso reportedly spent $162.00 for each vote IcyPeas Nov 2022 #6