The struggle for Senate control goes down to the wire as spending shatters records

FILE - This combination of images shows, from left, Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake on July 30, 2024, and opponent, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., on Oct, 9, 2024, both in Phoenix. (AP Photo Ross Franklin, left; and Cheryl Evans/Arizona Republic via AP, File)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent's candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.

In three races alone — Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana — more than $1 billion is projected to be spent by Nov. 5.

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