2025 Campaign Finance Profile - Susan M. Crawford

A Dane County Circuit Court judge at the time, Crawford was first elected to the officially nonpartisan Wisconsin State Supreme Court in 2025.

There was no primary and she defeated former Republican Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, then a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge, in the gerneral election.

ACLU Voter Education Fund ($1,013,269), Activate America ($2,329), AFT-Wisconsin ($13,000), Alliance for Justice Action Campaign ($10,561), A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund ($8,422,174), Blue Sky Waukesha, Inc. ($24,200), Citizen Action of Wisconsin Inc. ($10,191), End Citizens United Non-Federal ($36,330), Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc. PAC ($600,000), For Our Future ($147,983), Free and Fair Democracy PAC ($24,000), Grassroots North Shore ($965), Half Court Political Fund ($937,307), IBEW PAC ($93,500), In This Together PAC ($143,569), In Union USA ($479,850), Indivisible Action ($32,467), The Justice Project ($871,617), MoveOn.Org Political Action ($3,634), MTEA PAC Fund ($39,616), Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin Political Fund ($522,300), Power to the Polls Action Fund ($1,337,559), Progressive Turnout Project ($253,486), Racine Education Assn PAC ($70), SD PAC ($74,769), SEIU Wisconsin State Council Independent Expenditure Committee ($34,044), Stand Up America, Inc. ($3,153), Tides Advocacy ($39,667), Voces de la Frontera Action Inc. ($20,307), VoteVets ($57,648), WEAC Region 6 PAC ($89), WEAC Region 7 PAC ($1,874), Wisconsin Conservation Voters Independent Expenditure Committee ($1,131,138), Wisconsin for All, Inc. ($22,840), Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance ($5,106), Wisconsin Neighbor Network Action Fund ($1,214,897), Working America ($336,408), and Working Families Party PAC ($131,482) made independent expenditures favoring Crawford.

America PAC ($12,713,591), American Majority Action ($1,442,576), American Principles Project PAC ($500,000), Americans for Prosperity ($3,345,164), Americas PAC IEO ($403,550), Building America's Future ($4,774,523), CatholicVote.org Candidate Fund ($30,728), Fair Courts America ($4,449,527), Fair Elections Wisconsin, Inc. ($47,948), First Principles Wisconsin ($615,080), House Freedom Action ($225,610), Hunter Nation Inc. ($1,169,639), L & C Coalition ($100,000), NRA Political Victory Fund - Federal PAC ($87,969), Our America ($249,650), Patriots for a Brighter America ($9,800), Pro-Life Wisconsin Inc. ($3,748), Republican Party of Brown Co ($11,127), Republican Party of Langlade County ($945), Republican Party of Milwaukee County ($5,710), Republican State Leadership Committee - Judicial Fairness Initiative ($2,363,787), Restoration PAC ($12,500), Turning Point PAC Inc ($44,780), Volunteers for Agriculture ($35,280), Wisconsin Family Action, Inc. - 1.91 Account ($230,343), and Women Speak Out PAC ($490,081) supported her opponent.

A Better Wisconsin Together, Justice Project Action, and Working Families Power spent undisclosed sums on "issue ads" supporting Crawford. Look Ahead America, Progress 2028 and WMC Issues Mobilization Council supported her opponent.

*All figures represent candidate income before any returns.
**Beginning of candidate's election cycle.