Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar over partisanship in tense race to control court

The two judges vying to be Wisconsin’s newest Supreme Court justice argued over who is more impartial during a heated debate on Wednesday evening.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel, a conservative, and Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford, a liberal, sparred on topics of abortion, crime, and partisanship. Hovering over the pivotal contest is the 2023 race, when liberal Janet Protasiewicz won a seat on the state’s high court and gave liberals the majority. Schimel brought that election up when criticizing Democrats.

He said Protasiewicz “promised on the campaign trail how they would rule on cases that weren’t even filed yet, and then worse, once she was in the majority on the court, that majority started going through that political agenda.”

“It’s critical in our constitutional

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