Spending in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race—Republicans win 4-to-3

In the Journal Sentinel article I linked to earlier, was this tidbit about spending in the Kloppenburg–Prosser race:

The Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University Law School estimates interest groups spent more than $3.5 million on TV ads, breaking the $3.38 million record set in the 2008 Gableman-Butler contest, with four conservative groups backing Prosser spending a total of 37% more than one liberal group backing Kloppenburg.

That's actually not a bad ratio, considering how deep are the pockets of big business. Looks like someone underspent. Think they'll correct that next time?

(Speaking of spending, you can still help Recall the Republican 8. Just click the link on the right. Thanks.)

And this just in: JoAnne Kloppenburg has declared victory:

Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg declared victory Wednesday, based on results reported by the Associated Press.

The Associated Press shows Kloppenburg received 740,090 votes and incumbent David Prosser received 739,886 votes. The margin is 204 votes.

Congratulations, Wisconsin. So far, so good.

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