I personally haven't had the chance for a week or so to total the resources devoted to the 19th Senate District campaign, but a political consultant who has been closely tracking the race on behalf of a Sacramento interest group has provided me with new figures that show the race topped the $10 million mark yesterday.

Combining the amounts that Republican Tony Strickland and Democrat Hannah-Beth Jackson have raised, plus the amount of independent expenditures, the grand total as of this morning is $10,197,105.

Broken down, it's $5.4 million for Strickland and $4.8 million for Jackson.

For some perspective, $10 million would be enough to build a very nice new elementary school, or to fund an endowment that could permanently hire three professors at CSU Channel Islands...