About
The Democratic Judicial Campaign Committee is the only organization whose primary mission is to elect Democratic judges to state courts.
In the early 1990s, large corporate interests began buying control of many of our state Supreme Courts and many of our lower courts. Orchestrated by a political consultant named Karl Rove, these campaigns began in Texas and Alabama, spending millions of dollars.
In states with “non-partisan” elections, Republican interest groups have put an additional 30 justices on the bench. While there are certainly honest Republican judges, they are becoming a rare breed as corporate interests are focused on taking over our judicial system. Millions of dollars from insurance, oil and drug corporations are being spent to install judges who are being bought and paid for by big business.
As long as these judges remain on the bench, consumers’ and workers’ rights, environmental protections, and the opportunity for individual citizens to find justice in our court systems will continue to disappear. The DJCC is working together to pull together a national donor network to help elect qualified, intellectually honest judges to our state courts.
To learn more about us and our mission, visit these links:
Board of Directors • How do we change the courts? • How do we spend the money?