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The nation’s four major airlines and their trade organization have spent more than $350 million on lobbying federal officials since their last bailout -- the equivalent of more than $650,000 for every House and Senate member.

As the public health and economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, MapLight joined a coalition calling on elected officials to embrace policies that will protect the integrity of elections during the outbreak.

Since the beginning of the year, former New York City Mayor and presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has spent at least $55.7 million on Facebook ads, according to the company.

During the 2018 election, the four candidates running for city council in Daly City, competing for three citywide seats, brought in a total of $123,000. Of all the money raised, only half came from individual donors, and just 10 percent came from city residents.

During the 2018 election cycle, candidates for mayor and city council in San Jose collectively brought in $1.9 million — less than 40 percent of which came from San Jose residents.