$88 million

That's how much the campaigns spent in last year's recall election, the L.A. Times writes, based on campaign reports and interviews. Some of the biggest spenders:

Schwarzenegger: $26.6 million
    (including $10.6 million of his own)
Davis: $18.3 million
Bustamante: $16.8 million
Indian tribes: $11 million-plus
McClintock: $2.37 million

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