congressional correspondent brianna keilar is joining us from oxon hill, maryland, with a look at money and politics looking at the self-funders as i like how they re called this cycle. who are they and in general do these candidates pour their money into the race and is it fair? reporter: is it fair and also does it even work? because you know they say money can t buy you love. the question is can it get you a senate seat? let s take a look at a few of people who are still in contention. a republican from california is the senate candidate or the nominee for republicans there. she herself has funded about half of her campaign. she s put about $5.5 million into her campaign. she s a former ceo of hewlett packard. then you have linda mcmahon. a republican in connecticut. she s the nominee there for the senate seat.
scott brown raising $12 million in ten days running for united states senate. technology is one thing. second is the supreme court opened up the rules for corporations. corporations now have invested in a significant way and that supreme court decision weakened the role of the national committee. unlimited money is flowing to 527s and c 4s and unions in ways that b is rord breaking. that is constitutionally protected speech and clearly constitutionally appropriate but it does mean that thelt political consulting profession of which i m a proud member is doing its part for the economy. a lot of money is going to the campaigns and finally this year we have seen a bunch of independent self-funders come into the rac probably a half billion dollars is from fou o five candidates. unique issue for this election cycle. this is a trend that will probably likely connue. shannon: and kiersten
money they want to do. their first amendment right. as someone who spent $1.23 on my own campaigns as far as contributions, you make sacrifices other places. i ve never had money to do it. i ve been involved with candidates who are up against self-funners. it is never fun. but self-funders. it is never fun. who said they shouldn t use their success to help the country. the united states more millionaires use their money on the democratic side like wisconsin than the republican side. both parties. i would say there s nothing you can do about it. the constitution allows you to spend your money whether it is good or not, doesn t matter it is legal. greta: senate race in florida. congressman meek and marco rubio and governor crist as an independent. does crist make it difficult for a republican i think he s leading in the polls,
money they want to do. their first amendment right. as someone who spent $1.23 on my own campaigns as far as contributions, you make sacrifices other places. i ve never had money to do it. i ve been involved with candidates who are up against self-funners. it is never fun. but self-funders. it is never fun. who said they shouldn t use their success to help the country. the united states more millionaires use their money on the democratic side like wisconsin than the republican side. both parties. i would say there s nothing you can do about it. the constitution allows you to spend your money whether it is good or not, doesn t matter it is legal. greta: senate race in florida. congressman meek and marco rubio and governor crist as an independent. does crist make it difficult for a republican i think he s leading in the polls,
number four on the all-time list of congressional self-funders and has said she ll spend up to $50 million on the race. numbers one, two, three, jon corzine who spent $60 million and two losers, blair hall and california republican michael huffington who has unsuccessfully challenged diane feinstein in 1994. we ll see how mcmahon does tomorrow. a big primary day. up next, the president heads to texas to raise money. we ll talk lone star politics with paul burka. first, ground game, the strategy used at the local level to get voters to the polls. voter outreach, grassroots efforts, et cetera. in colorado, there is an element getting people to turn in the ballot. a mail-in primary like in colorado. of to have an efficient ground level organization, maybe have people go door to door to drop off ballots, pick up ballots.