The field of four candidates running for a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat will be cut in half after Tuesday’s primary, with the top two vote-getters advancing to an April 4 general election in the presidential battleground state.
Dane County Judge and Wisconsin state Supreme Court candidate Everett Mitchell participates in a candidate forum at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis. Jan. 9, 2023.
Conservatives have controlled the court since 2008 and issued rulings handing Republicans victories on voting restrictions, gerrymandered legislative districts and other high-stakes cases.But with a conservative justice retiring, voters now have a chance to tip that balance toward the left, with implications for abortion rights and perhaps the outcome of the next presidential election. The court came within one vote of overturning President Joe Biden’s win in the state in 2020.
The next court is likely to issue key rulings on Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban law, legislative maps, union rights and challenges to election results. Protasiewicz has called the GOP-drawn legislative maps rigged and has made her support for abortion rights a focus of her campaign. Mitchell, who would be the first Black justice elected to the court, also has said the maps are unfair and expressed support for abortion rights.Dorow has been active in local Republican Party politics.
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