Outside groups have outspent than the candidates for both major parties as the ideological lean of the court hangs in the balance.
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posted on 10/28/2020
This PDF is a graphical representation of money in Michigan Supreme Court races from 1984 through 2018. These numbers were compiled by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.
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posted on 04/12/2019
This PDF summarizes campaign finance data from Michigan Supreme Court races from 2000 to 2018. The Michigan Campaign Finance Network has been tracking candidate fundraising numbers, reported independent spending and undisclosed TV advertisements.
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posted on 04/12/2019
Michigan’s 2018 race for the Supreme Court was defined by what it lacked: It did not see large, under-the-radar spending by groups acting outside of the candidates’ campaigns. That type of spending has been a staple of Supreme Court races in the state for nearly two decades.
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posted on 04/11/2019
In Michigan, when legal fights over legislative redistricting go to the state's high court, justices often have to rule on cases in which their political benefactors have strong opinions. A 2018 case about a ballot proposal to institute an independent redistricting commission could be the latest chapter in a story that has a long history.
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posted on 06/08/2018
The lengthy legal battle between the leaders of a powerful Michigan law firm and one of its former lawyers is stirring new discussion in Lansing over the role of political contributions in the state’s judicial system, which has seen some of the most expensive judicial races in the country.
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posted on 08/31/2017
Spending in the 2016 Michigan Supreme Court races was dominated by a handful of groups.
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posted on 03/16/2017
Who were the top donors to Michigan's 2016 candidates for Michigan Supreme Court. Click on this link to find out.
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posted on 03/16/2017
This document shows spending totals in Michigan's Supreme Court races from 2000 through 2016.
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posted on 03/16/2017
The 2016 races for Michigan's highest court weren't competitive. Still, they attracted millions of dollars — much of it coming from undisclosed sources, as is the tradition in Michigan — with the winning side outspending the losing side by an estimated margin of 34 to one. “I was telling people it was 20 to one,” one of the losing candidates said. “I wanted to be conservative. And I guess I was.”
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posted on 03/16/2017
