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We welcome your suggestions to cover issues related to the following topics. We are buying more states than any other campaign. Most political spending will come later this year when House, Senate and governor races heat up. But candidates are not the only political ad buyers these days. As reported in Albiniak's article, independent issue groups are also spending millions to back candidates.