"High-Stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Shapes Future of Abortion and Voting Rights"

The most expensive judicial race in US history is taking place in Wisconsin, where the election for a seat on the state's Supreme Court will determine whether liberals or conservatives control the branch of government that will soon decide the fate of the state's abortion ban. The candidates, political parties, and ideological groups have spent more than $30 million on the race, obliterating the record for a judicial election that was established two decades ago in Illinois. The race exemplifies how judicial elections have become infused with politics and suggests that trend could intensify as state courts deal with more volatile issues.