Independent spending on state supreme court elections by state parties and special interest groups in 2009-10 increased 60 percent over spending in elections four years earlier with a few “super spenders” dominating the money pot, according to a new report.
Independent activities accounted for $11.5 million, or 29.8 percent of all money spent to elect high court judges. In 2005-06, outside groups represented about 18 percent of the total spending, said the report by the Brennan Center for Justice, the National Institute on Money in State Politics and Justice at Stake.
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