Price for Bloomberg Reelection: $103 Per Vote
From Times Wire Reports
Billionaire Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spent more than $77 million to get reelected in New York, breaking the $74-million record he set in 2001 during his first try at politics, according to campaign finance reports.
The spending amounts to more than $103 per vote.
Bloomberg was elected in a landslide Nov. 8 over Democrat Fernando Ferrer, who had trouble raising money and spent more than $9 million in the race.
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