According to today’s Boston Globe, Gabrieli’s campaign spending has passed the $7.5 million mark.
WALTHAM — A month before the Democratic primary, gubernatorial candidate Christopher F. Gabrieli has poured almost $7.5 million of his own money into his campaign, shattering the record set by Governor Mitt Romney in 2002.
Gabrieli, a venture capitalist who lives on Beacon Hill, kicked in $2.1 million in the first half of August, increasing his contributions to $7.475 million for the year, state campaign finance records show. Romney spent $6.3 million of his own funds in 2002, most of it in the general election campaign.
Since he entered the three-way Democratic race in April, Gabrieli has collected about $370,000 from other donors. That means about 95 percent of the money in his campaign has come from him.
Four years ago, 745,764 people voted for governor in the primary.
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just send every likely primary voter $20?
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p>But then the consultants and the media outlets wouldn’t make any money!