State GOP Chair Brian Schimming accused liberal donors of “bailing out” Chris Taylor as the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate and her supporters outspent Maria Lazar roughly 9-to-1 ahead of the spring election.

“What’s happening here is that contributors from out of state, big contributors from out of state from the left are bailing out liberal candidates in Wisconsin because they’re so far out of step with the voters of this state,” Schimming said on WISN 12’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics. “What you’ve seen more and more, not just on court races but on other races, is that liberal contributors dump tens of millions of dollars into the state to make up for poor liberal candidates on the other side. I think you saw that happen in this race, and I suspect you’ll see it happen in the fall as well.”

Schimming praised Lazar’s performance in Thursday night’s “UpFront” debate.

“Saw two things last night, actually,” Schimming said in the Friday interview. “We saw the difference in experience, and that is Maria Lazar, not only a circuit court judge, appellate judge working at the state Department of Justice, really a broad range of experience. But secondly, Chris Taylor’s weakness as a candidate. We saw she was constantly going back and forth.”

Ahead of tomorrow’ s election, Schimming said Wisconsin Republicans are “fired up and we’re super fired up about the fall.”

“The Democrats’ advantage is that, and their problem statewide–and you see this with the whole phony fair maps thing–is about 37% of the state Democrat vote is in two places, Milwaukee and Madison,” Schimming said. “That’s why they have problems in the Legislature, but it makes it easier for them to turn out.

“I think we’ll have a good turnout,” Schimming added. “I think overall people are expecting it’ll be a low turnout overall, but I’ll tell you what, everywhere I’ve been in the state – Ashland, Milwaukee, Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay — Republicans are fired up, and we’re super fired up about the fall for good reason.”

Meanwhile, state Dem Party Chair Devin Remiker said the fundraising disparity is the result of Republicans and Brad Schimel losing last year’s race.

“No, I certainly don’t think it’s a bailout,” Remiker said in a joint appearance on the show with Schimming. “Chris Taylor has run an incredibly strong campaign from the very start. You know, the only bailout I saw in 2025, when you want to talk about out-of-state billionaires, Elon Musk pouring unprecedented amounts of money into Wisconsin, into the Republican Party of Wisconsin, into an effort to bribe voters in this state. I think the real answer to your question is that it backfired. They threw everything they had at us, and we still came out on top. Ultimately, I think voters are fed up. They are sick and tired of the billionaire oligarchs trying to buy their way into power, and because of that, and because of how embarrassing that defeat was, they’re not coming back for more.”

Remiker said Taylor did “incredible” during Thursday night’s debate.

“Judge Chris Taylor proved that she is going to be an independent justice for everybody in Wisconsin,” Remiker said. “I think she did incredible in the debate and showing that she is truly going to ensure that Wisconsinites are safeguarded and our democracy is protected.”

Ahead of the election, Remiker said Democrats and Taylor are in a “strong position” to win.

“It doesn’t sound like Brian’s very optimistic …,” Remiker said, sitting next to him. “He might be looking towards the fall already, and I think that is just because we are in such a strong position heading into election night.”

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