Costco Breaks Records With $22M To Privatize Liquor

The fight to privatize liquor sales in Washington just got a lot more expensive. Costco has dumped another $9 million into the Yes on Initiative 1183 campaign. That brings the wholesale giant's total spending to more than $22 million –- a state record for a ballot measure.

In Washington initiative politics, $1 million checks from deep-pocketed interests are fairly common. But an $8.9 million single contribution? Now that's historic.