There are plenty of costs: ballot printing, cyber security protections, staff at polling locations and voter file maintenance, to name a few. According to an analysis by Quartz, the more than 40 political rallies attended by President Trump during the midterms cost more than $17 million in air travel alone. So far, the Trump campaign has reimbursed the Treasury just $112,000 for air travel in March and April, according to the report. That includes nearly $64 million of his own money — the most any candidate spent on their own campaign this year. • On the House side, Representative Devin Nunes, a Trump ally, raised the most, nearly $13 million.

Source: New York Times December 10, 2018 23:09 UTC