Wisconsin State Supreme Court Election
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Did you enjoy this state supreme court campaign? If so, get ready for more.
After taking 2024 off (because we could totally use a year without any high-stakes elections in Wisconsin), there are SCOWIS elections set for: -2025 -2026 -2027 -2028 -2029 -2030 |
Anonymous
+1 It would be an effective way to fast-track an even more liberal judge to the state supreme court via appointment by the Governor, while firing up Dems to even higher levels of engagement and possibly triggering recall elections against themselves. They might be that dumb, but Wis GOP have traditionally been smart about maintaining their do-nothing jobs, which is the only thing they seem to care about. |
Anonymous
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Saw on Twitter:
More than 1,839,000 Wisconsinites turned out to vote yesterday. Out of 3,591,117 registered voters, that's more than 51% of voters that came out to make their voices heard. 51%, and in an off-cycle, Spring election. Pretty awesome. On, Wisconsin! |
Anonymous
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From historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletter …
In yesterday’s election in Wisconsin, the two candidates represented very different futures for the country. One candidate for the state supreme court, Daniel Kelly, had helped politicians to gerrymander the state to give Republicans an iron lock on the state assembly and was backed by antiabortion Republicans. The other, Janet Protasiewicz, promised to stand behind fair voting maps and the protection of reproductive rights. Wisconsin voters elected Protasiewicz by an overwhelming eleven points in a state where elections are usually decided by a point or so. Kelly reacted with an angry, bitter speech. “I wish that in a circumstance like this I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent,” he said. “But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede.” Yesterday’s vote in Wisconsin reinforces the polling numbers that show how overwhelmingly popular abortion rights and fair voting are, and it seems likely to throw the Republican push to suppress voting into hyperdrive before the 2024 election. |
Anonymous
| Well done Wisconsin |
Anonymous
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I wish I could be more optimistic but I don’t see this as a big swing for Dems. Kelly lost by 10 points the last time her ran. Even with a threat of a total abortion ban, the liberal judge only picked up 1 point. And, the Dem lost in the special senate race where the stakes were clearly high.
I’m thrilled for Wisconsin and how a fair judiciary will impact the 2024 race but we shouldn’t kid ourselves that half the voting population wants a reactionary government. |
Anonymous
| I keep seeing articles how the GOP want to impeach the new judge. Are they really going to do this? |
Anonymous
I don't understand your gloom. This is a big deal. And yes, the fight keeps going - it's not like this was the knockout punch that means we never have to work again, or have nothing left to fear. But this is a big effin deal. |
Anonymous
Has anyone suggested moving these elections to November to save money and increase turnout? |
Anonymous
Well she was a lot more moderate and less hateable than Knodl. |
Anonymous
The gerrymandered Republican super majority does not want to increase turnout. Historically, the Republican base votes at a higher percentage than the Democratic base during off year and time elections. Everything comes back to the gerrymander. |
Anonymous
If it’s not in the Wisconsin constitution, Democrats probably have suggested it and Republicans have probably shot it down. Suppression is one of the arrows in their quiver. |
Anonymous
| After what Republicans just did to the Tennessee 3 there is no doubt about whether they plan on impeaching the duly elected liberal members of the WI Supreme Court. |
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