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Crucial Supreme Court Race in Wisconsin Shatters Spending Record

The race to fill an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court—and determine ideological control of the highest court in one of the country’s most important swing states—has more than doubled the national record for judicial election spending. Over $31 million has been spent to date on advertising ahead of the April 4 election, whose winner is expected to deliver the tie-breaking vote on key issues such as abortion, redistricting, and election law. Spending is “explosively high because the stakes are so monstrously gigantic,” state Democratic Chair Ben Wikler told Bloomberg Government.

 

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