It's not wrong when politicians do it

Why was Speaker John Boehner's campaign so expensive? Federal Election Commission records show the Speaker raised  $16,975,430 and spent $16,553,510 as of the last reporting of October 15. By comparison Sen. Mitch McConnell ran a statewide race in Kentucky spending $25,056,485. Outside spending in that race boosted the cost to an estimated $100 million for both candidates.
Sixteen million dollars should buy a lot of favors which is what the Speaker is doing. He is contributing to the campaigns of other Republicans. His spending is up sharply from 2010 when he spent $9,876,911 but down from 2012, a presidential election year, when he unloaded a cool $21,197,801.

Representative	District	Metro Area	Spent
Steve Chabot	1	Cincinnati	$435,429
Brad Wenstrup	2	Cincinnati	$806,519
Joyce Beatty	3	Columbus	$537,246
Jim Jordan	4	Lima	$968,670
Bob Latta	5	Bowling Green	$670,219
Bill Johnson	6	Marietta	$1,688,194
Bob Gibbs	7	Avon	$464,155
John Boehner	8	West Chester	$16,553,510
Marcy Kaptur	9	Toledo	$436,460
Mike Turner	10	Dayton	$769,380
Marcia Fudge	11	Cleveland	$466,708
Pat Tiberi	12	Columbus/Mansfield	$2,150,891
Tim Ryan	13	Akron	$680,493
David Joyce	14	Richmond Heights	$2,160,110
Steve Stivers	15	Columbus	$1,482,089
Jim Renacci	16	Cleveland	$1,013,707

All data was obtained from Open Secrets.Org