Biggest Spenders Are Winning Battles Over 4 Of California’s 7 Ballot Measures
deadline.comIn a boon for local stations, TV ads for California’s seven ballot measures were ubiquitous, and four of the campaigns that outraised their opponents are winning.
Altogether, proponents and opponents raised nearly $650 million to support their causes, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
Opponents of Prop 27, which would have allowedonline and mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands, raised the most money – over $214 million – and are on track to defeat the measure, whose supporters raised $169 million.
With about a third of the ballots counted, the measure is losing by a huge margin – 84% to 16%. Prop 26, which would have allowedin-person roulette, dice games, sports wagering on tribal lands, is also trailing badly – 70% to 30% – even though supporters outraised opponents by nearly 3-to-1, $123 million to $49 million.
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