NEWS FLASH

$31 Million | That’s how much money candidates and outside groups spent so far to influence the eight Wisconsin recall elections, which will decide who controls the state senate. By contrast, only $3.75 million was spent on all state races in 2010. So far, there is near parity between spending from left-leaning groups and spending from corporate front groups and other conservatives — a change from the state’s recent supreme court election where corporate groups rode to conservative Justice David Prosser’s rescue by massively outspending groups supporting his opponent.