Two sides in liquor battle raise a staggering $34M

Costco has dumped a startling $22.5 million into the ballot proposal that would open liquor sales in Washington to big retailers, and the new record for donations to a single ballot campaign is getting some attention.

Foes of Initiative 1183 are using the big donations to say Costco is trying to buy the election. But the I-1183 opposition also has raised a whopping $11.7 million, most of it from national and state alcohol wholesalers.