Three incumbent Supreme Court justices in Washington state won re-election on Nov. 8, surviving a $1.4 million onslaught by charter-school advocates and other conservative groups intent on unseating them.

Corporate education reform groups were particularly unhappy with the court’s 2015 decision declaring Washington’s voter-approved charter schools unconstitutional.

Republicans also were dissatisfied with the court’s 2014 ruling that found the state in contempt over lawmakers’ failure to come up with a court-ordered plan to fully fund public schools by 2018.

The News Tribune, Nov. 8