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I spent a gazillion dollars and still lost the race

Many candidates spent big on this election. Many lost, a few won and some

didn't even show.

Republican Meg Whitman dropped $142 million of her own money on the California

governor's race. That's thought to be more than any other individual has ever

spent on any single political race in U.S. history.

That's substantially more than the $102 million spent by New York City Mayor

Michael Bloomberg in 2009, and over double the $65 million spent by

presidential contender Ross Perot in 1992.

For Whitman, the former eBay CEO, her personal spending amounted to $46.91 per

vote. That still wasn't enough to beat challenger Jerry Brown, whose entire

campaign spent about $7 per vote.

What many say did her in: Reports late in the race that she hired an illegal

housekeeper, at $23 per hour.