As the costs of running for office have escalated, more and more candidates are jumping into politics using their personal fortune, rather than trying to raise all those funds from other people. Though they don't lack for money, self-funded candidates typically lose at the polls. In the 2020 cycle, 29 candidates spent more than $1 million of their own money.

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