New bill seeks to limit big money and political ads in Wisconsin judicial elections
(WTAQ-WLUK) — After last year’s record-shattering Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel, some state legislators are hoping to avoid seeing that much big money involved in judicial races in the future.
It comes as Wisconsin is six weeks away from its next state Supreme Court election between Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar, which hasn’t garnered nearly as much attention, interest or money.
“Many people ask for us to get back to the way things used to be. To do that, we have to get the money out of politics. That’s the bottom line. We should all agree on that,” said Democratic State Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim of Appleton.
Dassler-Alfheim is one of the co-authors of a new bill that would re-establish publicly-funded elections for judicial candidates in Wisconsin, including judges seeking to join the state’s highest court.
https://wtaq.com/2026/03/05/new-bill-seeks-to-limit-big-money-and-political-ads-in-wisconsin-judicial-elections/