What to Watch For in a Consequential Court Election in Wisconsin

[Loulit01]

Voters are going to the polls today in the primary election for a swing seat on the state’s Supreme Court, with abortion rights, gerrymandered maps and more at stake.
If a liberal candidate wins a 10-year term, the court will tip in liberals’ favor, and the state would be likely to throw out its 1849 law banning abortion in nearly all cases and to redraw its legislative maps. If a conservative wins, abortion will remain illegal and Republicans will retain a lock on the Legislature for at least another decade.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court.htm

Run, Janet, Run!

 

[Ginger Ale]

Run like our lives depend on it!! Do it for all the women in America!!

(There's like one chance in hell a Dem will win in Wisconsin but we can hope)

 

[NWRatCon]

Run like our lives depend on it!! Do it for all the women in America!!

(There's like one chance in hell a Dem will win in Wisconsin but we can hope)

More like 500,000 chances:

Candidate	Votes	PercentPct.
Janet Protasiewicz	445,196	+46.4%46.4%
Daniel Kelly	232,299	+24.2%24.2
Jennifer Dorow	209,441	+21.8%21.8
Everett Mitchell	71,768	+7.5%7.5
Total reported	958,704

Protasiewicz and Mitchell are the liberal candidates. Kelly and Dorow are the conservatives. Even without Mitchell's votes, Protasiewicz would take it. The runoff will feature her and Kelly. In a Statewide vote, gerrymandering can't spoil the outcome. Remember, the only Statewide elected officer that is a Republican is the Treasurer.

 

[Jkca1]

I think that SCOTUS overturning Roe will haunt the GOP in 2024. The Wisconsin vote is the first of many to show how screwed the GOP is over that issue.

"The Wisconsin Supreme Court primary election on Tuesday was a triumph for the state’s liberals. In addition to capturing 54 percent of the vote in the four-way, officially nonpartisan primary, they will face a conservative opponent in the general election who was last seen losing a 2020 court election by double digits."

Strong Democratic Showing in Wisconsin Court Race Sets Up a Frenzied Finish (Published 2023)

Democratic turnout was high in the Tuesday primary for the State Supreme Court, ahead of a costly general election that will decide the future of abortion rights and gerrymandered maps in the state.

www.nytimes.com

 

[highroller]

I think that SCOTUS overturning Roe will haunt the GOP in 2024. The Wisconsin vote is the first of many to show how screwed the GOP is over that issue.

"The Wisconsin Supreme Court primary election on Tuesday was a triumph for the state’s liberals. In addition to capturing 54 percent of the vote in the four-way, officially nonpartisan primary, they will face a conservative opponent in the general election who was last seen losing a 2020 court election by double digits."

Strong Democratic Showing in Wisconsin Court Race Sets Up a Frenzied Finish (Published 2023)

Democratic turnout was high in the Tuesday primary for the State Supreme Court, ahead of a costly general election that will decide the future of abortion rights and gerrymandered maps in the state.

www.nytimes.com

That’s why the American Right is moving away from democracy.

You get off the train when it arrives at your station.!