The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress. But another series of races is shaping up to be just as consequential. Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, voting rights and other pivotal issues will take center stage in next year’s elections for state supreme court seats. There will be 80 of them in 33 states. With the abortion debate shifted to states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion, state supreme court races have emerged as some of the most hotly contested and costliest races on the ballot.
