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Notable Numbers from the presidential campaign

Numbers you may not have seen from the presidential campaign:

$6.6 billion -- estimate of the total amount that will be spent by candidates, super PACs and other groups on the 2016 presidential campaign

$59.95 -- cost of a Donald Trump brand no-iron shirt, with stripes

$39.99 -- cost of a Donald Trump brand necktie, signature brand

$19.99 -- cost of a Hillary Clinton “Move Over Boys” campaign T-shirt

$21.35 -- cost of an “End HB2” T-shirt in North Carolina

$12,000 -- Money magazine’s estimated cost of Hillary Clinton’s Armani jacket she wore while making a speech on income inequality

$5,000 to $17,000 -- range of estimates of the cost of the Brioni suits Donald Trump prefers to wear

$788.75 -- cost of a reproduction of Abraham Lincoln’s typical suit and hat offered online

$175 -- cost of the suit President Jimmy Carter wore to his inauguration

$116 million -- figure one website estimated as the difference between what Hillary Clinton’s campaign will spend on television advertising before Election Day compared to Donald Trump’s campaign

$1 million -- what Donald Trump said he father loaned him to launch building projects in Manhattan

$14 million -- what Hillary Clinton says his father loaned him

$150 million -- estimated net worth of each of Donald Trump’s oldest children

$15 million -- estimated net worth of Chelsea Clinton

$200,000 -- average fee for a Bill or Hillary Clinton speech prior to her campaign start

$5.99 -- cost of a Big Mac Meal, a lunch preference for Donald Trump

This story was originally published October 28, 2016 at 8:03 PM with the headline "Notable Numbers from the presidential campaign."

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