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What Can You Buy With $3.6 Billion -- Candy

By Lindsey Boerma

Updated: October 27, 2010 | 10:41 a.m.
October 26, 2010 | 8:35 p.m.

What's this campaign worth to you? National Journal looks at 12 other ways you could have spent the $3.6 billion that's been spent on Senate and House races so far. Below: #6.

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6. 360 Million Bags of Halloween Candy:

Forget the health food; it's Halloween. Why not buy a two-pound bag of Wonka Assorted Candy for $9.99 for every man, woman, and child in the USA – plus about 50,000 extras?

See what else you could buy for $3.6 billion: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12

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