10-20-22 campaign spending setting records in races to oversee state elections

Campaign spending is setting records in races to oversee state elections. It’s been spurred by races involving candidates who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Trump is backing many of these candidates to take top election posts in critical swing states. , In Wisconsin, many Republicans angry at Biden’s 2020 win in the state seek to dissolve the state’s bipartisan elections commission and vest election management in one or more partisan officials.  Democratic candidates and outside groups are outraising Republicans and warn that if any of their GOP foes win it will spark a crisis for democracy. The increased partisan stakes over these election posts highlight America’s unusual system of entrusting election management to officials who run in the very elections they are supposed to administer.