Spending in Pennsylvania's Supreme Court race already exceeds $5M

[RandySF]

HARRISBURG — Spending in the race for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court has blown past $5 million, according to campaign finance reports filed, with less than two weeks left until Election Day.

Reports filed with the state Friday show that most of it, or roughly $3 million, has been spent to help Republican Kevin Brobson, including spending by third-party groups in the race. That compared with about $2 million to help Democrat Maria McLaughlin.

The reports are out as attack ads are hitting the airwaves on both sides.

Brobson’s largest donor, by far, is a group that receives millions from suburban Philadelphia billionaire Jeffrey Yass, whose favored issue has been boosting public schools alternatives. It has spent more than $1.7 million to help Brobson.


https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/10/spending-in-pennsylvanias-supreme-court-race-already-exceeds-5m.html

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Obscene election, obscene spending...politicizing an independent judiciary right out of the gate.

Electing judges where corporations are people and billionaires are the founders is yet another recipe for corruption.