Campaign finance reports reflect highly competitive legislative races

Election Day is now about seven weeks away, but early voting starts this week. And with the latest campaign finance reports filed on Friday, the fight for control of the General Assembly remains hard fought, and highly competitive.
With control of the General Assembly hanging in the balance, it should come as no surprise that money is flowing into Virginia’s legislative races. But just how much might raise a few eyebrows.
“I think there is no question that this will be the most expensive legislative races in the history of Virginia,” said WDBJ7 Political Analyst Bob Denton. “It certainly will top 2017 that had a total of about 200 million. Some say it may be closer to perhaps 300 million which is a figure that is staggering to even contemplate.”

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