The 2020 election for the White House and Congress poised to hit record-shattering $14 billion, updated estimate shows

A surge of last-minute money — driven by the battle over the nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court and a fresh influx of funds into the White House race and hotly contested Senate campaigns — pushes spending to highs not seen before in American politics. And Joe Biden is on pace to become the first presidential candidate to raise $1 billion from donors.