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"Our fundraising results so far are roughly comparable to where we were at this point in 2011, when you consider the absence of a presidential election this cycle," Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio said in an email.

So far this cycle, Crossroads and Restore Our Future have broadcast ads in about 40 Senate and House races as well as the presidential race, officials at the groups said, a breadth unmatched in the world of independent spending.

"Our fundraising results so far are roughly comparable to where we were at this point in 2011, when you consider the absence of a presidential election this cycle," said Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio.

So far in the 2011-12 elecycle cycle, American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS have spent $174.28 million, a sum two million dollars greater than the $172.2 million spent by the Republican Congressional and Senatorial Committees combined.

But Republican "super PACs" have raised far more than their Democratic counterparts so far this cycle, with American Crossroads, the premier Republican-leaning outside group, reporting a total of about $100 million raised so far, including about $50 million in the first three months of 2012.

Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's presidential victories, has raised $18 million so far this cycle for American Crossroads, a Washington super PAC that helped win Republican control of the House of Representatives in 2010.

And significantly, while party committees are limited in the amount of money they can raise from any one individual ($30,800 per cycle), groups like Crossroads GPS and the Chamber can receive unlimited contributions.

Whereas super PACs are required to register with the Federal Election Commission and disclose their donors -- people like Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who has given millions of dollars to conservative groups so far this election cycle -- nonprofits like Crossroads GPS and trade associations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are allowed to keep their donors secret.

Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who has been close to Rove since he worked in the Bush White House, has given at least $10 million this election cycle to the nonprofit Crossroads GPS and has recently pledged a similar sum, according to two GOP fundraisers familiar with the billionaire's political donations.

During the midterm cycle, for example, groups like Crossroads GPS, which has ties to the Republican strategist Karl Rove, and Americans for Prosperity, backed by Mr. Koch and his brother Charles, were heavily involved in politicking, spurring campaign finance watchdogs to complain that they were flouting election and nonprofit laws.

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