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.
With just under two weeks to go before Election Day on March 1, total spending on TV ad contracts in Arkansas’ Supreme Court race exceeds the state’s previous TV spending record by more than $300,000.
With the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary days away on Feb. 16, combined television ad spending among candidates and special-interest groups has surpassed $710,000.
President Obama called for broad democracy reform in his address to the Illinois General Assembly, touching on issues such as voting rights, money in politics, and redistricting.
With a week to go before Wisconsin’s Supreme Court primary, television advertising continues to be dominated by the Wisconsin Alliance for Reform. The group has booked contracts worth at least $399,060.
The Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Crisis Network has poured $336,245 into TV ad contracts to air ahead of Arkansas’ March 1 Supreme Court race. This figure breaks the state’s previous record for outside spending in a Supreme Court race.
Kansas lawmakers passed a measure Thursday to reverse effects of a 2015 law that threatened to defund the state’s entire judiciary. Fair courts advocates spent months fighting the law which they say violated the state's constitution.
The 9th Circuit upheld Arizona’s judicial conduct rules limiting political activity by sitting judges and judicial candidates. It's the first major decision on regulating judicial campaign conduct since the Supreme Court upheld a narrower law.
