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State Judicial Elections
Special Interest TV Spending Sets Record in Wisconsin
Special interest groups have spent more than $3.5 million on TV ads in this year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election, breaking the state’s previous record for television spending by non-candidate groups, according to data released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice.
Press Releases
– 04/05/11
Judicial Public Financing in Wisconsin — 2011
This page reflects Wisconsin judicial advertisements in 2011.
Analysis
– 04/05/11
Special Interest TV Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Tops $3 Million
With just one day to go before Election Day, spending on television advertising continues at a blistering pace in the race between incumbent Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, topping $3 million.
Press Releases
– 04/04/11
Special Interest TV Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Accelerates
Spending on television advertising continues at a blistering pace in the race between incumbent Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, topping $2.16 million through March 31st.
Press Releases
– 04/01/11
TV Ad Spending By Special Interest Groups Tops $1 Million in Wisconsin Judicial Election
With one week to go before Election Day, spending on television advertising has reached nearly $1.4 million in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Of this total, approximately 82 percent was spent by non-candidate special interest groups.
Press Releases
– 03/29/11
Proposed Part 151 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts
Letter to New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman on Proposed Part 151 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts.
Statements & Testimony
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 03/15/11
Special Interest Group Outspends Candidates on TV in Wisconsin Judicial Election
The conservative Wisconsin Club for Growth has spent more on television advertising than all candidates combined in the primary election for a seat on the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Overall, the Club for Growth accounted for $321,000 of the approximately $461,000 spent on TV ads, according to data accumulated by the Brennan Center for Justice.
Press Releases
– 02/15/11
2010 Judicial Elections Increase Pressure on Courts, Reform Groups Say
Election Day 2010 brought a new round of special interest money, nasty ads and wedge issue politics into America’s courtrooms, breaking several spending records and spreading costly, ideological hardball campaigns into new states.
Press Releases
– 11/03/10
TV Spending Surges in State Supreme Court Races
Spending on state Supreme Court TV ads has exploded nationally as Election Day nears, with $3.3 million being spent in the week between Oct. 21 and Oct. 27. The TV binge has raised total ad spending to near $13 million for the 2009-10 election cycle, with business and conservative groups outspending lawyers and unions in every major state except Illinois.
Press Releases
– 10/29/10
Special Interest Spending Soars in Illinois High Court Race
Fueled by the same groups that created the most expensive high court election ever in 2004, an Illinois Supreme Court race has become the nation’s most expensive one-candidate retention election in this decade. TV spending also cracked the $1 million mark in Ohio, and TV ads began airing in two contentious races in Michigan.
Press Releases
– 10/19/10