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$11 Million Spent Attacking Trump in Five Upcoming States

Outside groups have spent $11 million in advertisements attacking Donald Trump in the March 15 primary states of Florida and Illinois.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Jupiter, Fla. on In this March 8, 2016.Lynne Sladky / AP

Outside groups have spent $11 million in advertisements attacking Donald Trump in the March 15 primary states of Florida and Illinois, according to ad-spending data from SMG Delta.

In Florida, the groups American Future Fund, Club for Growth and Our Principles PAC have spent a combined $4.2 million against Trump -- in addition to the estimated $4.3 million that Marco Rubio's Super PAC, Conservative Solutions PAC, has aired versus Trump.

By contrast, Trump's campaign has fired back by spending $1.5 million in Florida.

In Illinois, American Future Fund, Club for Growth and Our Principles PAC have spent $2.5 million against the GOP frontrunner.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is outspending Bernie Sanders in the March 15 states of Florida and Illinois, while Sanders is outspending Clinton in Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.

Florida

Team Rubio: $6.7 million (about $4.3 million of which has been in anti-Trump ads)

Anti-Trump: $4.2 million (American Future Fund, Club for Growth, Our Principles PAC). That doesn’t include the $4.3 million from Rubio Super PAC

Team Trump: $1.5 million

Team Clinton: $100,000

Team Sanders: $45,000

Illinois

Anti-Trump: $2.5 million (American Future Fund, Club for Growth, Our Principles PAC)

Team Rubio: $1.1 million

Team Cruz: $250,000

Team Clinton: $1 million

Team Sanders: $817,000

Missouri

Team Rubio: $384,000

Team Cruz: $14,000

Team Sanders: $606,000

Team Clinton: $530,000

North Carolina

Team Cruz: $620,000

Team Sanders: $214,000

Team Clinton: $81,000

Ohio

Team Kasich: $1.5 million

Team Trump: $800,000

Team Sanders: $1.2 million

Team Clinton: $1.1 million

SOURCE: SMG Delta