The Mercury News Weekend

A closer look at the money political donors have spent.

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Political donors have spent a record $450 million on 17 statewide November ballot measures in California, beating the state’s own record for the most spent on propositio­ns appearing on all California ballots in a single year, campaign reports filed Thursday show. The fundraisin­g surpassed the $438 million spent on 21 statewide measures voters considered in 2008. Here are the fivecampai­gns supporting­or opposing a statewideb­allot measure that haveattrac­ted the mostfundin­g so far, along with the biggestdon­ors for and against: PROPOSITIO­N 61, DRUG PRICES —$ 123 million total $14.4 million, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, supporting

$7.2 million each from Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co. and Pfizer, opposing PROPOSITIO­N 56, TOBACCO TAX

—$ 94 million total $10 million, California Hospital Associatio­n, supporting $41 million, Altria Group and its subsidiari­es, opposing PROPOSITIO­N 52, HOSPITAL FEES

FOR MEDI-CAL—$ 75 million total $11.5 million, California Hospital Associatio­n, supporting $14.5 million, Service Employees Internatio­nal Union, opposing PROPOSITIO­N 55, TAX ON HIGH INCOMES —$ 55 million total

$25 million, California Hospital Associatio­n, supporting $1,000 each from three California residents, opposing PROPOSITIO­N 64, MARIJUANA

LEGALIZATI­ON — $23 million total $7.3 million, Napster founder and early Facebook investor Sean Parker, supporting $1.4 million, retired Pennsylvan­ia art professor Julie Schauer, opposing

Source: Secretary of state, Fair Political Practices Commission campaign finance reports. The totals exclude money transferre­d between allied campaigns as well as duplicate contributi­ons recorded when one committee raised money for more than one propositio­n. The data include about $50 million raised in 2014 for some of this year’s ballot measures.

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