- More than 60 Democrat donors on the coasts – two of whom have welcomed Barack Obama to their home for a six-figure-per-plate fundraiser – threw $330,501 into the Midwest to support liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz in the weeks before her February primary.
- More than $163,000 came from the West Coast to support the liberal cause to gain a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and another $167,000 came from New York and New England. The fundraising push started paying off on Feb. 7 – two weeks before Protasiewicz and conservative Daniel Kelly advanced to an April 4 election that will determine the balance of power on the currently 4-3 conservative court.
