judicial elections

April 26, 2013 - North Carolina's innovative public financing program for judicial races has dramatically reduced the amount of special-interest money flowing into judges' campaigns and served as a model for other states, but it's now under threat from conservative politicians.

October 27, 2011 - Judges are supposed to be impartial and fair, but a new report finds their independence is increasingly at risk as campaign cash floods into judicial elections -- especially from secret outside sources.