Liberals just won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court by a huge margin

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9. MilwJournal: Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court 🌊🌊🌊

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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/03/rebecca-dallet-beats-michael-screnock-race-wisconsin-supreme-court/477978002/


Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 9:01 p.m. CT April 3, 2018 | Updated 9:20 p.m. CT April 3, 2018
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MADISON - Rebecca Dallet trounced Michael Screnock Tuesday for a seat on the state Supreme Court, shrinking the court's conservative majority and giving Democrats a jolt of energy heading into the fall election.

It marked the first time in 23 years that a liberal candidate who wasn't an incumbent won a seat on the high court.

“I attribute it to Wisconsin voters standing up to special interests," said Dallet, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge. "I think they're ready to have fair and independent courts.

"I’m the candidate with the most experience, really standing up for the rights of Wisconsinites every day and I think people saw that and spoke out today and I’m quite excited by it, by the results.”

Dallet won big in Dane and Milwaukee counties. Screnock, a Sauk County judge who campaigned with the backing of the state Republican Party, did well in Waukesha County and other GOP strongholds but did not get enough votes elsewhere to offset Dallet's massive success in metropolitan areas.



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The election swung conservative control of the court from a comfortable 5-2 to a narrow 4-3. Dallet — to be seated in August for a 10-year term — will replace conservative Justice Michael Gableman, who did not seek re-election.