[danicriss]

Salient point

What you're missing is that in this particular case the outside interference seems to have been the only support he had

He's claimed zero expenses and his whole stated strategy was "my rise is God's will"

Romania's NSA surmises in this case "God" may have been Putin

So, to answer your question, your spending needs to do some 100% of the heavy lifting in their campaign to match this precedent. In other words, you'd have to be the only guy propelling them. Which nullifies the hypothesis of a candidate you'd want overthrown