Ted Cruz $580,000
Trump $3.7 M plus tons of free media
Kasich $12.1 M
Jeb Bush $36.1 M
Rubio Over $30 M
Christie Spent even more than Rubio
So, the losing candidates DID spend more than Cruz did, but the arithmatic seems off:
12.1 + 36.1 + 30.0 + Christie’s 30+ = more than 108 Million
But more important than the total number is the unnoticed fact that ALL OF IT went to political consultants and media and mailers and political consultants and polling groups and political consultants ... Did I mention political consultants and Washington political consultants?
THAT total going to the national and local media is what scares the political consultants and the national press corpse! It is the loss of their money (this time) to upstarts and mavericks and not-under-their-control politicians that scares them as much as anything else about next time losing control of BOTH money AND control!
“Trump $3.7 M plus tons of free media”
So it looks as though Trump found the “sweet spot” and won with it! But the real bright spot is the “three amigos” (Boosh, The Cabana Boy, and Kasich) because they are like hungry dogs fighting over the same measly bone, and that will serve both Trump and Cruz well in the coming weeks. The RNC is dumber than dog $hit for not having two of them drop out now. The problem is, they don’t have the muscle to make it happen. Maybe they can hire Debbie Washerwoman-Shitz?
According to ad buy data provided by Morning Consult, Bush and his super PAC have spent an astounding $36.1 million in the Granite State. That's more than twice as much as the next-highest overall spender, Christie.Jeb Bush Spent $1200 Per Vote In New Hampshire
That also suggests that Rubio and his support PACs didn't spend 30 million in NH. The article/OP says:
Marco Rubio outspent Cruz nearly 30:1 in New Hampshire
Thirty times 600,000 is 18 million.