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commonwealth-121	Kane, Jenna Becker	The Pennsylvania 2015 State Supreme Court Election in Comparative Perspective	2016	21	.pdf	application/pdf	7983	413	56	While there is limited available data on independent expenditures on televised advertising in Pennsylvania high court races, there 96 Jenna Becker kane does appear to be a sharp jump in group spending from the 2007 race to the first post- Citizens United open seat contest in 2015.10 Outside groups went from spending just over $1 million on advertising in 2007 to just over $4 million in the 2015 campaign. This article places the 2015 Pennsylvania Supreme Court election in comparative perspective to assess whether or not the campaign fundraising, campaign spending, and campaign advertising in this race was as “historic” as commonly claimed.	cache/commonwealth-121.pdf	txt/commonwealth-121.txt