One of the most impotant elections of 2023
Now that the midterm election is over and split government remains the status quo at the state Capitol, all eyes have shifted to this April's race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, where voters will decide which ideology holds the majority on the state's high court.
One of the court's four Republican-backed justices, Patience Roggensack, will not seek another term next year, leaving the seven-member court's majority up for grabs. The court is expected to have the final say on a wide range of issues, from abortion to redistricting, in the next few years.
"This is an extremely high-stakes state Supreme Court race," UW-Madison Law School associate professor Robert Yablon said, adding that some of the cases the justices are likely to take up could generate interest in the race across the country.
The stakes could hardly be higher for partisans on both sides of the aisle.
"Democrats in Wisconsin are fired up and energized and already gearing up for the most important election in the country, other than the Georgia Senate runoff, that will take place between now and November 2024," said Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
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The WI Supreme Court election primary is Feb 21, 2023
There are two liberals:
Dane County Circuit Judge Everett Mitchell
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz.
And one conservative:
Former WI Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly
(appointed by former Gov 'Snot' Walker)
The top two-vote getters in the Feb. 21 primary will advance to the April 4 election.
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