The Senate hopefuls pouring millions into self-funded campaigns

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Donald Trump announcing his first presidential bid in June 2015.
55% : Donald Trump put more than $66 million of his own money into his successful first presidential campaign largely in the 2016 primary as well as taking donations, but he has not used his own money into the 2020 campaign or the 2024 election so far.New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg spent a whopping $1 billion on his failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 only to drop out of the race four months after announcing his campaign.
51% : The majority of self-funded candidates in 2022 were Republicans who spent $211 million while Democrats spent $86 million of their own money.
45% : Indiana Senator Mike Braun was another self-funded candidate in 2018 who won.
44% : Congressional candidates poured about $300 million of their own money into self-funding campaigns in the 2022 midterm election cycle but few ultimately won their races, a new OpenSecrets analysis found.
22% : 'That is why NRSC put an emphasis on recruiting candidates who are either strong fundraisers or have the ability to make a personal investment in their campaign this time round,' he added.Self-funded winners (Donald Trump) and losers (Mike Bloomberg)While challengers are putting their own money where their mouths are, filings show Florida Senator Rick Scott, who is also up for re-election this year, loaned his own campaign more than $6.9 million this cycle, though not this year.

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