Spending on winning Senate races has increased 62 % in 2012 dollars since 1986 . `` And for all incumbents , the fear of an alien predator individual or group parachuting in behind the lines in the final two weeks of the campaign with a multimillion dollar ad blitz means they spend even more precious hours doing call time to raise money , '' he added . The increase is more pronounced in the House , where winning a race there increased by 334 % . Comment:
Spending on winning Senate races has increased 62 % in 2012 dollars since 1986 . The increase is more pronounced in the House , where winning a race there increased by 334 % . Comment: