Although the race is officially nonpartisan, the state GOP and other conservative groups have spent heavily to help Screnock, a Sauk County circuit judge. Dallet, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, has the backing of liberals, labor unions, Planned Parenthood and state and local teachers' unions. She has not received any money from the state Democratic Party or any of its local affiliates.
Reports filed with the state on Monday show of the roughly $900,000 Screnock has raised for the race, 38 percent, or $345,000, came from the state Republican Party. Screnock, who was appointed judge by Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2015, has received five times more money from the GOP than any other Supreme Court candidate, a review of finance records by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now showed.