USA TODAY analysis: Super PAC donations surge past $1 billion

USA Today: WASHINGTON — Super PAC donations have barreled past the $1 billion mark, driven by a small group of super-wealthy contributors intent on deciding who will occupy the White House and control Congress next year.

Donations to super PACs hit nearly $1.1 billion through the end of August, a USA TODAY analysis of newly filed campaign-finance reports shows. That surpasses the $846.8 million that poured into these groups during the entire 2012 election cycle, the first presidential race in which super PACs operated.

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