Patience Roggensack [83 years old in July] announced she would not run for re-election in 2023, and would retire at the end of her present term, which expires on July 31, 2023. Before the nonpartisan primary in the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Roggensack endorsed Waukesha County circuit judge Jennifer Dorow.
After Dorow was eliminated in the primary, Roggensack conspicuously declined to endorse the only remaining conservative candidate in the race—former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly.
Eight days before the April general election, Roggensack's daughter, Milwaukee County circuit judge Ellen Brostrom, wrote an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel declaring that Kelly was unfit to serve on the court and encouraging support for Kelly's liberal opponent, Janet Protasiewicz.
The Backstab Party
Assistant Democrat Patience Roggensack pulled a Ginsburg and handed the seat to the Democrats.
She could have mentored a replacement much earlier, but apparently her pride got in the way of team play.
Eff the Backstab Party.