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Election 2010: $3.2 Million Spent in AL

By Peter Hardin

Alabama, home for the nation’s costliest state Supreme Court campaigns, continues to make headlines in 2010 for big-spending races.

Three seats are open on the state’s highest court, and combined spending has passed $3.2 million, according to a Birmingham News article that also provides a breakdown of the sums.

There were new election developments or election recaps in a number of states nationwide:

• OHIO: There are two contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court ballot, and Republicans hope to continue a winning streak that has seen no Democrat elected to the high bench for a decade, according to a Toledo Blade article.
• TEXAS: “‘Conservative’ label highlights races for Texas Supreme Court,” declared the headline for a Dallas Morning News article.
• MINNESOTA: A race for a judicial seat in Stillwater features 24 candidates and could figure prominently into debate in the next state legislative session over a proposal to change the way judges are selected, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
• KENTUCKY: A federal appeals court ruling (see Gavel Grab) has eased fundraising for judicial candidates, but its full effect remains unclear, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer blog post.

For more news from state campaigns, check out Justice at Stake’s Judicial Election 2010 page.

Full post as published by The Gavel on November 01, 2010 (boomark / email).