Wisconsin Election For Judge Breaks National Record for Spending in a Court Race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Money is pouring into this swing state election so fast and so many ads have been reserved that political observers now believe the current race is likely to reach $100 million by Tuesday, which is election day.
49% : Both candidates in the court's general election that year agreed to take public funding, and incumbent Justice David Prosser, a conservative, narrowly won reelection.
46% : Arizona and Oregon established disclosure measures to trace the flow of dark money, requiring campaign spenders to reveal the original source of donations.
34% : Ten years ago, when Wisconsin lawmakers approved a bill to allow unlimited spending in state elections, only one Republican voted no. "I just thought big money was an evil, a curse on our politics," former state Sen. Robert Cowles said recently of his 2015 decision to buck his party.
32% : The resolution noted that "this spending has the potential to drown out speech rights for all citizens, narrow debate, weaken federalism and self-governance in the states, and increase the risk of systemic corruption.

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