BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An analysis shows that backers and foes of a state conservation fund have spent $618,500 on television advertisements to date.

The numbers released Thursday by the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity show that supporters of spending a bigger portion of North Dakota's oil tax revenues on conservation projects have spent $484,900 on TV ads. A group that opposes the measure has spent $133,600.

The Center for Public Integrity says $1.4 million has been spent on television advertising in North Dakota on five of the eight measures to be decided by voters on Nov. 2.

The numbers detail spending for ads on national cable and broadcast television in each of the country's 210 media markets through Oct. 20.

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