Mayor of New York spent his re-election 102 million dollars

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was re-elected Nov. 3, 2009 for a third term, set a new record in the domestic U.S. history, reported the newspaper The New York Times. Bloomberg has spent 102 million dollars of equity in the held in the city election campaign.

Every vote cast for him in the Bloomberg voter cost 174 dollars. In the election of mayor of New York in 2001, Bloomberg spent 74 million dollars ($ 99 per vote) and 85 million dollars (112 dollars per vote) in the election campaign in 2005.

As reported in the current elections Bloomberg won 51% of the votes, while his opponent, Chief Financial Auditor New York, William Thompson – 46%. According to magazine Forbes, 67-year-old mayor is the richest New Yorkers. His fortune is estimated at 17.5 billion dollars.