Washington (CNN) -- Millions of phone calls have been made. Thousands of yard signs are posted on Badger State lawns. Television ads blanket the Wisconsin airwaves. All of this frenetic activity in Tuesday's gubernatorial recall in Wisconsin comes at an unprecedented price tag: Upward of $63 million, and that doesn't take into account money raised the last three weeks that hasn't been registered yet. "When we come up with a final tally for this race, it's going to be in the $70 (million) to $80 million range," predicted Mike McCabe, who runs Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan campaign watchdog group.
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To date, Gov. Scott Walker has raised 7Â½ times that of Democrat, Tom Barrett
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Watchdog group expects final recall tally to be $70 million-$80 million
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Some 70% of Walker's donations in last month came from outside Wisconsin
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Outside groups backing both candidates flooded state with some $25 million
The money raised in the recall already shatters Wisconsin's record of $37 million, set just 18 months ago when @placeholder Gov.