The New York Times is reporting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent more of his own money in pursuit of public office than any other individual in US history. Newly released campaign records show Bloomberg has spent $85 million so far on his latest re-election campaign and is on pace to spend as much as $140 million before the election on November 3. That means Bloomberg, in his three bids for mayor, will have easily burned through more than $250 million. In the current race, Bloomberg has spent at least fourteen times more than his Democratic rival, William Thompson.