WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign filings show the billionaire Republican front-runner spent just $6.8 million in the final three months of last year, less than half of what Ted Cruz, his nearest rival in the polls, spent during the same period.
Early in his campaign, Trump said he was willing to spend $100 million of his own money to win the Republican nomination. But propelled by his ability to generate controversy and free media, the businessman turned presidential candidate has not needed to. His first advertisements ran in early January, and he's spent relatively little on campaign staff and consultants.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders' stump speech offers "radical" ideas and a voice rising in outrage as he describes the plight of a disappearing middle class, retirees scraping by on meager Social Security payments and recent college graduates struggling with debt.
But the Vermont senator now also has the sheen of a contender.
