What would normally be a relatively low-key election for a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court has gone national as one of the candidates, Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz, has turned it into a referendum on abortion.
“Political questions belong in the Legislature — we all know that since grade school with ‘Schoolhouse Rock,’” he said in a recent debate in which he also highlighted cases where she let criminals back onto the streets as a way to cast her as soft on crime.
National Democrats are weighing in, with no less than former President Barack Obama urging voters to cast ballots as early voting began on March 14.
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