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If You Can Keep It: Following the money in the 2024 election

WAMU 88.5 | By A.C. Valdez

Published March 25, 2024 at 8:04 AM EDT

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds up his hands after being asked about them by reporters at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters in Washington, DC.

This year’s presidential election is on track to be the costliest ever.

Right now, Biden’s war chest dwarfs his rival. And the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has other money worries of his own.

Who’s raising what and how is it being used? And how might election dollars fuel the chances for third-party candidates looking to make their mark? We talk about that and more.

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