Wisconsin Supreme Court race was the most expensive state judicial election in U.S. history
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Liberals won control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court last Tuesday for the first time in 15 years. The most expensive state judicial election in U.S. history, the contest was dubbed the most high-stakes race of 2023. Abortion rights, gerrymandered election maps and voting issues were at stake in the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court seat.
Spending in the election surpassed $45 million, with contributions to candidate campaigns totaling $16.9 million, according to OpenSecrets’ analysis of the most recent campaign finance disclosures. Another $28.6 million went to independent expenditures and undisclosed issue ads, the campaign money tracking non-profit group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign estimated....