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Eighth District one of nation's most costly on airwaves
Posted by: Rachel E. Stassen-Berger under 8th District, Minnesota campaigns, Minnesota congressional, Democrats, Republicans Updated: October 3, 2012 - 12:07 PM
Minnesota's Eighth Congressional District attracted $1.75 million in ad spending in September, landing it in fifth place in the nation.
According to a study from the Wesleyan Media Project, the race between Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack and Democratic challenger Rick Nolan garnered 2,168 ads in the last three weeks of September.
See the chart below for more detail:
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