With majority on the line, Democrats pump $1.5M into Michigan Supreme Court election TV ads

(Michigan Advance) The partisan majority of the Michigan State Supreme Court hangs in the balance in November. Justice Kyra Harris Bolden and University of Michigan law professor Kimberly Ann Thomas — who were both nominated by Democrats last weekend — are spending $1.5 million on a TV ad campaign.

This is the largest TV ad buy that Supreme Court candidates have made in Michigan, the Michigan Democratic Party says, and a review of campaign finance records from the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice for the last decade backs that up.

Although state Supreme Court candidates appear on the nonpartisan section of the ballot, state parties endorse candidates.

Democrats secured a slim 4-3 majority on the state Supreme Court in 2020 after Republican-nominated justices controlled the court for most of the last few decades. In fact, GOP-nominated justices secured a 5-2 supermajority in 2013 when Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Republican Judge David Viviano, who is retiring this year. .............(more)

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