>> well, as most of you might manual, economy was a top issue in tuesday mid-term elections but despite the voters' financial worries, it was a banner year for candidates when it came to pump their cash in the call pain. the real kicker, most of the times candidates donating millions from the own bank account lost races. this year's most glaring example is in the california gubernatorial race where the former ebay executive meg whitman spent a whopping $175 million to lose to jerry brown. that's about $57 for each of the three million votes she received. in connecticut, former wrestling executive linda mcmahon loaned her senate campaign $47 million. former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina gave more than $5 million to her california senate bid. both women lost to challengers tuesday night. notable exceptions over the years included california governor arnold schwarzenegger and new york mayor michael