With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet had 57% of the vote, besting the 43% for his GOP opponent, Leigh Wambsganss, who had a massive spending advantage.

Rye, in East Sussex, is found two miles from the English Channel, and is a pretty town with beautiful cobbled strees and cosy pubs.

All have amassed enormous war chests, new filings show, making them the financial wild cards of this year’s midterm elections and feared political spenders.