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The magazine gave the following examples: Robert Kennedy spent 2 million dollars to win a seat in the Senate from New York and his rival Kenneth Keating spent as much; in California, two contestants had s 1 million dollars each, battling for the Senate nomination. “Candidates report that the going rate for a typical statewide campaign for the Senate is about 500,000 dollars. | With each side spending that much, the total becomes 1 million. “A typical campaign for a seat in the House of Representatives is reported to cost about 75,000 dollars each for winner and loser,” the magazine said. “It is not only seats in Congress that come high. So, often, do state offices,” the magazine noted, adding ship of Massachusetts, John Volpe, Francis Bellotti and Endicott Peabody had spent as much as 2,224,000 dollars altogether. The over-all cost of political activity in the U.S. last year—federal, state and jocal—was. earlier reported. to have been at. 200° million . dollars, marking the year. as ‘‘the. most. expensive campaign .year’’..in U.S. history.” fe ue