A costly campaign by abortion-rights advocates for state supreme court seats yielded mixed results in Tuesday's election. Republicans expanded their majority on Ohio's court, while candidates backed by progressive groups won in Montana and Michigan. The North Carolina supreme court race, heavily focused on abortion rights, remained too close to call on Thursday.
Groups on both sides spent millions in hopes of influencing courts that will be pivotal in deciding issues such as voting rights, redistricting, and abortion. Abortion-rights supporters celebrated victories in states won by Donald Trump, signaling the importance of reproductive rights in judicial campaigns post the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision on Roe v. Wade.
