NEW YORK: Five outside groups significantly funded by dark money have poured more than $1 billion into the US midterm election campaign. With just over a week until voting day, the records in the notoriously expensive US election system have been shattered. An AFP analysis of federal data shows just five groups known as super PACs (political action committees) accounted for nearly a third of non-party spending in this election cycle as of October 25. Three of the five groups skew Republican, and
