Nov. 8, Election Day 2022, the races for governor, attorney general, congressman, state Assembly and Senate and seven propositions all being decided while this paper goes to press that day. We may be aware that the advocates and opponents of the sports betting propositions have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to gain their approval….

The election to represent Assembly District 47, in which incumbent Greg Walls defeated Christy Holstege a second time, may not have been as close as the 2022 election, but it was more expensive. In 2022, the candidates reported spending nearly $5 million total in an election which Wallis won by less than 1%. Two years…