claim: last election, the koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
author: doonesbury
evidence_1: mar 14, 2014 ... there was little from last week's cpac that should have surprised america. ... the  2012 election, the koch brothers and their groups alone spent more than double  the combined political spending for the top 10 unions combined. ... with the koch  brothers alone spending almost three times the combined ...
evidence_2: jul 30, 2014 ... political ads airing months before an election that don't expressly advocate a ...  the sunlight foundation examined donations from the top 1,000 ... all 10 of  these donors combined spent far less than sheldon adelson and his wife did in  2012. .... the koch brothers' convoluted network of dark money groups.
evidence_3: jan 26, 2015 ... in the last presidential election, the republican national committee and ... kochs  gathered over the weekend for three days of issue seminars, ... these donors  represent the largest concentration of political money ... in 2012, the kochs'  network spent just under $400 million, an astonishing sum at the time.
evidence_4: top organization contributors ... contributions to 501(c) organizations, whose  political spending has increased markedly in recent cycles. ... election cycle:.
evidence_5: the political activities of the koch brothers include the financial and political  influence of ... a network of like-minded donors organized by the kochs pledged  to spend .... in 2008, the three main koch family foundations contributed to 34  political and ... the brothers pledged to donate $60 million in the 2012 election  season to ...