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Outside Spending in West Virginia Supreme Court Race Tops $1.1 Million
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day on May 10, four outside groups have spent more than $1.1 million in the West Virginia Supreme Court race, where five candidates are vying for one open seat on the bench.

April 28, 2016
Government & Court Reform
Fair Courts
Three Candidates Now Airing Ads in West Virginia Supreme Court Race
With less than a month to go before Election Day, three candidates in West Virginia’s five-way race for a single supreme court seat have now purchased TV ad contracts worth a combined total of at least $274,140.

April 14, 2016
Fair Courts
Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Totals More Than $4.3 Million
Outside spending was 56 percent of total spending in the race.

April 6, 2016
Government & Court Reform
Fair Courts
TV Ad Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court General Election Nears $2 Million
With less than a week to go before Election Day on April 5, television ad contract buys for the Wisconsin Supreme Court general election have reached at least $1,964,706.

March 31, 2016
Fair Courts
Greater Wisconsin Committee Books Ads in Supreme Court Race
With less than two weeks to go before the Wisconsin Supreme Court general election on April 5, the left-leaning Greater Wisconsin Committee has started booking TV ad contracts.

March 24, 2016
Fair Courts
Brennan Center, Co-Plaintiffs to Appeal “LLC Loophole” Decision
The state legislature never intended to create this loophole, which has allowed millions of secret dollars to enter New York elections. We intend to pursue all our options for correcting the Board of Elections error.

March 17, 2016
Money in Politics
New York Reform
New York Reform
TV Advertising Ramps Up Ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court General Election
With both candidates booking broadcast TV ad contracts and the Wisconsin Alliance for Reform continuing to purchase ads, TV contract buys for just the general election portion of the race have reached at least $573,145.

March 16, 2016
Fair Courts
First TV Ads Booked for Wisconsin Supreme Court General Election
With the Wisconsin Supreme Court general election less than a month away on April 5, new television ad contracts worth at least $369,970 have been booked by Wisconsin Alliance for Reform, according to an analysis of public FCC records.

March 8, 2016
Fair Courts
Record TV Spending Nears $1.3 million in Arkansas Supreme Court Race
Candidates and outside groups have poured $1,290,380 into television ads in the lead-up to the March 1 election for two seats on the Arkansas Supreme Court, according to an analysis of public FCC records by Justice at Stake and the Brennan Center for Justice.

February 26, 2016
Fair Courts
First Candidate TV Ads to Air in Ohio Supreme Court Primary
On Monday, residents of Cleveland, Ohio will see the first television ads in the state’s Republican primary for the Ohio Supreme Court. The ads will support candidate Pat Fischer, a current court of appeals judge.

February 25, 2016
Fair Courts

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