Wisconsin Supreme Court race draws money from every county, state
Next week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election has attracted far less money and national attention than the two previous races for the state’s highest court. But campaign finance reports show there really is no part of the state — or country — sitting this one out.
Election Day is on Tuesday and conservative Maria Lazar and liberal Chris Taylor, who are both currently judges on the state appeals court, are competing for an open seat on the bench.
Overall, Taylor raised over four times more than Lazar in the most recent reporting period, but the money is a far cry from the record spending in last year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election, where roughly $115 million was spent, according to a WisPolitics analysis. That race, and the state’s 2023 high court race, each subsequently broke nationwide funding records for judicial elections.
Yet money for both candidates in this year’s election has flowed from all corners of the state. Taylor received donations from every Wisconsin county, and Lazar received donations from all but two counties (Forest and Menominee), according to a Cap Times analysis of campaign contribution data. For the purposes of the analysis, the Cap Times excluded in-kind donations and looked at all contributions from reports filed since either candidate announced their campaigns.
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