At least $18.7M poured into this year's critical Pa. Supreme Court retention races
HARRISBURG — Special interests, organizations connected to Pennsylvania's richest man, and groups with mysterious donors broke spending records to influence the outcome of this year's critical state Supreme Court elections.
In all, they spent cash and provided other support worth at least $18.7 million, a Spotlight PA review found.
Pennsylvania’s 2025 retention races are likely among the five most expensive elections of their kind in American history, according to Douglas Keith, a deputy director of the New York-based Brennan Center who tracks judicial elections.
“A lot of the changes that we're seeing around retention elections right now, they reflect a changing understanding of how important these courts are,” Keith told Spotlight PA. “But they also reflect some enormous changes in just how our campaigns operate in this country.”
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/12/pennsylvania-supreme-court-spending-money-retention-elections-elections/
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