If you donate just $5 to the Harris Walls campaign, Governor Walls will send you his family's hot dish recipe.

Good morning, Pam. Did you see my new drip?

If you knew that $5 could help you kick Ted Cruz out of the Senate, wouldn't it be the best $5 you've ever spent?

Paid for by Colin Allred for Senate. Good heavens, I keep

getting hit up to donate money. Yeah, I got a bunch of those two and I eventually gave in. Now I have a

pair of Trump 45 sneakers and a Trump pickleball set. And I got the Harris Wall's hot dish recipe,

FYI, which was delicious.

I don't even need this stuff.

Where does my money go when I donate to these campaigns?

That is an excellent question.

Let's get into it.

I'm Pamela Kirkland.

And I'm Ryan Willard.

It's Tuesday, October 22nd.

We are the 10 News, and this is an election special report.

10.9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Withing all the cash and the dough and those greenback dollars go.

Honestly, this is just so many text messages asking for donations.

It's a lot. I know, right. Let's break it down, though. Here are five things to know about money and politics.

One, it costs more money than ever to run for office.

In 2020, the presidential and congressional campaign spent $14.4 billion.

Let me say that again.

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