Democrat-aligned Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford secured a victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Tuesday against Trump-backed Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge and former Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, the Associated Press projected.
The race was called at 10:16 p.m. ET, a little over an hour after polls in the battleground state closed, showing Crawford preserving the court’s 4-3 liberal majority. At the time the race was called, nearly 70 percent of the votes had been counted, which was nearly 1.6 million votes, and Crawford was leading Schimel 55.9 percent to 44.1 percent.
Crawford’s projected win and the court’s maintained liberal majority will likely have a huge impact on cases that will go before the court on issues like abortion, election integrity, and unions. Like every
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