This year's Wisconsin Supreme Court fundraising fight is comparatively calm
Earlier this week, the ACLU of Wisconsin announced a nearly half-million dollar ad buy in the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
It’s an amount that’s nothing to sneeze at. But compared to this time last year — when out-of-state billionaires were pouring money into an advertising arms race — it’s a relative drop in the bucket.
Overall, the matchup between Chris Taylor, a liberal Dane County appeals court judge, and Maria Lazar, a conservative Waukesha County appeals court judge, is a quieter affair. That’s reflective of the lower stakes this year compared to last.
“The obvious thing that’s missing is that majority control is not up for grabs,” said Anthony Chergosky, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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