ST. LOUIS
Illinois Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride was unopposed in November and won a narrow vote a simple up or down on whether he should retain the seat. He received 65 percent of the vote in Illinois
But the price is steep: $ 3.5 million, the most ever in a race retention in Illinois, where a high court judge has never lost an election.
Kilbride raised $ 2.8 million and outspent business groups who put up $ 688,000 in search for ousted most of the top of his voice to help reverse the State law capping damages in medical malpractice cases, according to a report by the justice at stake campaign, Brennan to justice and the National Institute on money and politics.