For the first time in 15 years, liberals win control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

[onthedarkside]

 

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Democrats have scored a major off-year election victory in Wisconsin, winning the state's open supreme court seat and flipping control of the court to liberals for the first time in 15 years.

 

Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz won the hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, according to a race call by The Associated Press, defeating former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly.

 

Spending in the campaign shattered the previous national record for a state supreme court election.

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167815077/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-results-abortion-voting-protasiewicz-kelly

 

[ozimoron]

This has enormous repercussions in the battle against electoral gerrymandering which is how the Republicans cling to power.

 

The Republican brand is really on the nose with several of the last supreme court elections going in the liberal direction in this very conservative state.

[ozimoron]

Gerrymandering continues to present a problem for Democrats and democracy in Wisconsin, but Republicans are unlikely to address the issue anytime soon.

 

When Republicans redrew the lines again in 2021, they further boosted their advantage in the Assembly. Compared with nearly 1,000 statehouse elections across the country between 1972 and 2020, Wisconsin’s efficiency gap in 2018 ranked as the fourth most skewed toward Republicans at 15.4%, according to researchers at Harvard and George Washington universities.

 

https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/wisconsins-assembly-maps-are-more-skewed-than-ever-what-happens-in-2023/

[Eric Loh]

Another Maga extremist Dan Kelly fell to a liberal. Dan Kelly was not gracious in his defeat. Typical Maga poor loser. Big moment for Wisconsin's liberals after 15 years. 

[ozimoron]

Progressives won their first majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 15 years on Tuesday night when Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Justice Daniel Kelly, a victory that will have huge repercussions for voting rights and abortion access.

 

Protasiewicz’s victory in this $45 million contest―which shattered the record for the most expensive state Supreme Court race in American history―now gives liberals a 4-3 majority on the Badger State’s highest court. Kelly’s allies, including Republican megadonors Dick and Liz Uihlein and the powerful business lobbying group Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, tried to avert this outcome by running a barrage of ads attacking Protasiewicz as weak on crime, but their message failed to have a big enough impact.

 

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/4/2162037/-Liberals-take-charge-of-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-for-first-time-in-15-years-with-Protasiewicz-victory

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4 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Another Maga extremist Dan Kelly fell to a liberal. Dan Kelly was not gracious in his defeat. Typical Maga poor loser. Big moment for Wisconsin's liberals after 15 years. 

Oh, c'mon. Just because he said this?

“I wish in a circumstance like this I were able to concede to a worthy opponent, but I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede, this was the most deeply deceitful, dishonorable, despicable campaign I have ever seen run for the courts," says Kelly.

Kelly accused her of being a serial liar.

“She disregarded judicial ethics, she has demeaned the judiciary with her behavior, this is the future that we have to look forward to in Wisconsin," says Kelly.

https://fox11online.com/news/local/dan-kelly-has-been-defeated-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-vote-election-republican-democratic-green-lake-janet-protasiewicz-wisconsin-court

 

For a right winger like Kelly, he's practically blowing kisses.

[ozimoron]

Wisconsin and Chicago elections expose liabilities in GOP case for ‘24. The crime-related political attacks didn’t land.

 

Left-leaning Janet Protasiewicz won resoundingly in her bid for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, despite being labeled “No Jail Janet” by her opponents. Democrats noted that her opponent, Dan Kelly, was connected to a plan to reverse the 2020 election results.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/05/wisconsin-chicago-elections-expose-gop-liabilities-for-24-00090679