He spent tens of millions of dollars more on a raft of media consultants, pollsters and digital strategists, the filing showed. Bloomberg paid more than $15 million for polling, including $11.5 million to the firm of pollster Douglas Schoen. He directed $45 million to Hawkfish LLC, a private digital firm he owned and created before he entered the race. Bloomberg had spent heavily since his late and unorthodox entry into the race in November 2019. Bloomberg dramatically increased the pace of his spending in February: He spent $466 million in only 29 days, and accrued $31 million in bills he has yet to pay.

Source: bd News24 March 21, 2020 06:11 UTC