$104,848,887.43 — Rick Caruso spent at least that much on his unsuccessful campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest campaign finance records.
That's 11 times more than the $9 million spent by the victor, Karen Bass. It's the largest amount a mayoral candidate has spent in U.S. history, just ahead of the $102 million Michael Bloomberg threw at his 2009 reelection in New York.
Caruso hoped to replicate the success of Richard Riordan, another L.A. rich-man-turned-mayor.
