Florida’s campaign finance laws make for a unique governor’s race. Through late September, the Rick Scott and Charlie Crist campaigns hadn’t spent much on TV advertising. Most of the spending has been done by political parties and political action committees known as PACs.
The Center for Public Integrity – a Washington DC nonprofit news organization - is spending three years analyzing TV ad spending in races around the country. Just a note – their estimates do not include ads bought through local cable companies for air only on local channels.