High Spending on Montana Supreme Court Race

At least $730,000 has been spent on a Montana Supreme Court race, Hungry Horse News reports. More money has been spent on challenger Lawrence VanDyke than incumbent Justice Mike Wheat. Wheat has been labeled as more liberal than VanDyke. Trial lawyers have contributed to Wheat and conservative groups like the Republican State Leadership Committee and Americans for Prosperity-Montana have been contributing to VanDyke.

Wheat blames some of the ads on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United, which now allows corporations to directly spend money on political campaigns ads.