Another potentially expensive Wisconsin Supreme Court election is in the works.
Seats on the state’s seven member high court are officially non-partisan, but a conservative versus liberal narrative has driven up campaign spending. It totaled $45 million in last year’s race in which liberal Janet Protasiewicz defeated conservative Daniel Kelly, handing liberals a 4-3 majority.
Liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is now in the race to succeed retiring liberal Justice Anne Walsh Bradley. Crawford’s resume includes a stint as attorney for Planned Parenthood and she said her candidacy can maintain the liberal majority.
Conservative former state Attorney General and current Waukesha County Court Judge Brad Schimel is already in the race. In a statement shared with WisPolitics, Schimel said Crawford was “handpicked by the leftist majority on the Supreme Court.”
Voters go to the polls next April.