Up for grabs Tuesday is control of the Wisconsin state Supreme Court — and the future of many pivotal issues the bench is likely to decide in the coming years like abortion rights.
Democrats in the state have described the race as the most important one anywhere in the nation this year, and have focused their messaging on emphasizing abortion rights and elections — extending a strategy the national party employed last year to keep the Senate and fend off a red wave in the House.
Running in Tuesday’s primary are conservative candidates Jennifer Dorow and Daniel Kelly, and liberal candidates Janet Protasiewicz and Everett Mitchell.of Darrell Brooks, who was convicted of killing six people at a Waukesha Christmas parade in 2021 when he crashed his SUV into the crowd. The case received significant media attention, and Dorow announced her candidacy just days after his sentencing concluded.
Candidates — like the court itself — are nonpartisan, but by taking liberal or conservative positions on various issues and receiving backing by the state’s major political parties, they’re able to flick at their political allegiances. “You’re hearing candidates say outright, ‘I think we should overturn this law,’ which is very different from what we’ve seen in judicial races in Wisconsin,” said Brandon Scholz, a Wisconsin-based Republican strategist who is not working with any of the candidates in the race. “If many of these judges have already made up their mind on various issues and cases, why even bother hearing the case then.
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