Amid the ongoing circus that is this year’s presidential election, it may be easy to forget all the other races on the ballot.
Voters will be picking 12 governors, several thousand legislators and scores of other state officeholders on Nov. 8. They will also decide policies on marijuana, minimum wage, gun control, tobacco, drug prices and other key issues in 162 statewide ballot measures.
The Center for Public Integrity is tracking the political TV ads that are shaping those races.
So far, more than half a billion dollars has been spent to air ads about those campaigns around the country. Here’s where some of that money went: