Voters could tip Wisconsin Supreme Court left on abortion, gerrymandering
The race features two conservatives and two liberals and a Feb. 21 primary will narrow the field to two for the April 4 general election. Political observers expect one liberal and one conservative to make it through the primary.
One of the conservative candidates is Jennifer Dorow, a Waukesha County judge who told a conservative radio host she is the “most electable” candidate in part because of the national exposure she received for her handling of a chaotic trial of a man who drove a vehicle into a Christmas parade. Daniel Kelly, who spent four years on the state Supreme Court and was endorsed by former president Donald Trump in 2020, called himself the only candidate with “a proven public record of being a constitutional conservative.”
On the liberal side, Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz said she is running to “save democracy” and released an ad in which she’s dressed in a judicial robe with lacing around the collar that nods to the one worn by the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell, who would be the first Black justice elected to the high court, said he was running in part to show young people that “justice has my skin color.”
Three of the four candidates said in interviews they fear partisan affiliations could tarnish the image of the court but said there is no way to win without the help of the parties. The fourth, Dorow, declined interview requests but has touted her Republican ties over the years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/02/wisconsin-supreme-court-election/
