Posted on 02/21/2023 5:23:58 AM PST by cotton1706
MADISON - Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose which two jurists will compete to join the Wisconsin Supreme Court — a race unmatched in its consequence to policy in this battleground state, where conservatives and liberals are expected to raise and spend levels of cash not seen before in a judicial race.
Conservatives are defending their 4-3 majority on the court as Wisconsin Democrats seek to flip control of the court to liberal justices for the first time in more than a decade. The race comes in a year when the issue of abortion is top of mind after a dormant 19th century law banning the practice in nearly every situation has resurfaced following last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Four candidates — two conservatives and two liberals — are running in Tuesday’s primary for a seat being vacated by a retiring conservative justice. The two candidates who receive the most votes, regardless of political ideology, will advance to the April 4 general election.
Democrats have consolidated their support behind Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz, who is outraising her three opponents combined — including $295,000 between just Tuesday and Thursday of last week. Since entering the race in 2022, Protasiewicz has raised $2.3 million — a record for a state Supreme Court candidate.
Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell also is running with the backing of liberals but has raised much less than Protasiewicz, about $223,000.
Conservatives have been less unified in Supreme Court primary
Conservatives have been less unified during the Supreme Court primary, splitting their support between Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow and former Supreme Court justice Dan Kelly, who lost his seat on the court in 2020 to liberal justice Jill Karofsky.
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Since when does voter turnout in Wisconsin matter?
I’m in Illinois. Good luck to my conservative neighbors to the North!
It doesn’t. Milwaukee/Madison will stuff the ballot box, especially in April for our Supreme Court race. Our turd governor vetoed election reforms (election integrity)
Wisconsin governor announces expanded absentee voting ahead of 2024 election
Time for Republicans to go and do the same thing.
OK. I like Kelly, but Jennifer Dorrow is good, too. FReepers may remember her as the tough judge in the Waukesha Christmas parade murder trial.
Electing judges is wrong to my way of thinking. Being elected they are very more likely to be political, to put their finger up and see which way the politics is blowing, and fail to ignore popular sentiment over strict reading of a Constitution and the laws.
If the same 2020 voting system remains in place, I doubt if the results will reflect the will of the citizens of Wisconsin.
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