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Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler and GOP chair Brian Schimming agree the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court is “very close” ahead of the final week of campaigning.
Elon Musk contributed $2 million to the state GOP late last week, the latest financial commitment the billionaire has made to Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race. On the same day the party listed the Musk donation, it transferred $1.2 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.
Billionaire Elon Musk’s PAC is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition opposing “activist judges,” while asking for information that could help the group identify conservatives to turn out for the April 1 election.
Spending in this year’s state Supreme Court race has now topped $76 million, with liberal candidate Susan Crawford’s TV spending accounting for nearly a third of that, according to a new WisPolitics tally.
State superintendent challenger Brittany Kinser during a joint forum with incumbent Jill Underly charged Wisconsin education is failing kids, citing racial gaps and lack of reading proficiency. But Underly said the picture Kinser painted is “misleading” and highlighted high graduation rates and Wisconsin schools’ high national ranking.
“Nobody who’s supporting me is getting any kind of pass. Anybody who’s not supporting me isn’t getting any kind of a black mark,” Schimel said at an event hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club, WisPolitics and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. “Anyone who comes to my courtroom, I will focus on the facts of the case and what is the law.”
Groups around Wisconsin are mobilizing voters for the April 1 races as early voting starts today.
Republican strategist Bill McCoshen and Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.
A referee told former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman he’s getting “one more chance” to properly appear and give a deposition in his discipline case, rejecting Gableman’s attempts to avoid doing so. Gableman’s attorney, Peyton Engel, argued that Gableman does not have to appear because he will just plead the Fifth Amendment to every question.
The two clashed repeatedly in Wednesday’s debate ahead of the high-stakes election April 1 that will determine ideological control of the state Supreme Court, hitting each other on abortion, their legal judgment and crime.
The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals has overturned a Dane County judge’s order that sought to require election clerks to email absentee ballots to those with disabilities. The Waukesha-based appeals court had already stayed Judge Everett Mitchell’s temporary injunction
The move comes less than three weeks before voters head to the polls for a spring election that will determine ideological control of the state Supreme Court.
Nearly $59 million has been dropped on the race between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel, breaking the previous record three weeks ahead of voters deciding ideological control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, according to a WisPolitics tally.
An Assembly committee voted 5-2 along party lines to recommend killing proposed standards for election observers over GOP concerns they lacked penalties for local officials who fail to follow the rules.
Cooke’s latest bid comes after she narrowly lost to Van Orden in the November general election.
Former Gov. Scott Walker says Brad Schimel needs to “come out swinging, rhetorically,” Wednesday night in the first and only debate with Wisconsin Supreme Court rival Susan Crawford. Meanwhile, Dem U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says Crawford needs to “show what she is” in the debate.
Law Forward has filed notice with Madison and Dane County it intends to seek damages in a class action lawsuit over the 193 absentee ballots the city failed to include in its results for the November 2024 election.
Voters are still largely unfamiliar with the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and state superintendent a month out from the April 1 election, a new Marquette University Law School poll shows.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford during a Milwaukee luncheon said she was “glad” about a state Dem Party campaign to counter millions of spending by groups tied to Elon Musk.
Madison’s clerk failed to implement practices that could’ve found 193 absentee ballots the city failed to tally from Nov. 5, including a check of all carts and totes that had been used to store ballots before they were counted, state Elections Commission staff found.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler and GOP chair Brian Schimming agree the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court is “very close” ahead of the final week of campaigning.
Elon Musk contributed $2 million to the state GOP late last week, the latest financial commitment the billionaire has made to Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court race. On the same day the party listed the Musk donation, it transferred $1.2 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.
Billionaire Elon Musk’s PAC is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition opposing “activist judges,” while asking for information that could help the group identify conservatives to turn out for the April 1 election.
Spending in this year’s state Supreme Court race has now topped $76 million, with liberal candidate Susan Crawford’s TV spending accounting for nearly a third of that, according to a new WisPolitics tally.
State superintendent challenger Brittany Kinser during a joint forum with incumbent Jill Underly charged Wisconsin education is failing kids, citing racial gaps and lack of reading proficiency. But Underly said the picture Kinser painted is “misleading” and highlighted high graduation rates and Wisconsin schools’ high national ranking.
“Nobody who’s supporting me is getting any kind of pass. Anybody who’s not supporting me isn’t getting any kind of a black mark,” Schimel said at an event hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club, WisPolitics and the Rotary Club of Milwaukee. “Anyone who comes to my courtroom, I will focus on the facts of the case and what is the law.”
Groups around Wisconsin are mobilizing voters for the April 1 races as early voting starts today.
Republican strategist Bill McCoshen and Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki discuss the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.
A referee told former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman he’s getting “one more chance” to properly appear and give a deposition in his discipline case, rejecting Gableman’s attempts to avoid doing so. Gableman’s attorney, Peyton Engel, argued that Gableman does not have to appear because he will just plead the Fifth Amendment to every question.
The two clashed repeatedly in Wednesday’s debate ahead of the high-stakes election April 1 that will determine ideological control of the state Supreme Court, hitting each other on abortion, their legal judgment and crime.
The conservative 2nd District Court of Appeals has overturned a Dane County judge’s order that sought to require election clerks to email absentee ballots to those with disabilities. The Waukesha-based appeals court had already stayed Judge Everett Mitchell’s temporary injunction in August, meaning it wasn’t in place for the November
The move comes less than three weeks before voters head to the polls for a spring election that will determine ideological control of the state Supreme Court.
Nearly $59 million has been dropped on the race between Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel, breaking the previous record three weeks ahead of voters deciding ideological control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, according to a WisPolitics tally.
An Assembly committee voted 5-2 along party lines to recommend killing proposed standards for election observers over GOP concerns they lacked penalties for local officials who fail to follow the rules.
Cooke’s latest bid comes after she narrowly lost to Van Orden in the November general election.
Former Gov. Scott Walker says Brad Schimel needs to “come out swinging, rhetorically,” Wednesday night in the first and only debate with Wisconsin Supreme Court rival Susan Crawford. Meanwhile, Dem U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan says Crawford needs to “show what she is” in the debate.
Law Forward has filed notice with Madison and Dane County it intends to seek damages in a class action lawsuit over the 193 absentee ballots the city failed to include in its results for the November 2024 election.
Voters are still largely unfamiliar with the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and state superintendent a month out from the April 1 election, a new Marquette University Law School poll shows.
Liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford during a Milwaukee luncheon said she was “glad” about a state Dem Party campaign to counter millions of spending by groups tied to Elon Musk.
Madison’s clerk failed to implement practices that could’ve found 193 absentee ballots the city failed to tally from Nov. 5, including a check of all carts and totes that had been used to store ballots before they were counted, state Elections Commission staff found.