Control of the Wisconsin state Supreme Court is on the ballot this spring, and the contest could decide the fate of abortion rights, redistricting and more in the critical swing state
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“The 2023 Wisconsin state Supreme Court race is the most important election that nobody’s ever heard of,” said Ben Wikler, the chair of the state Democratic Party. “It has implications that will affect national politics for years to come, really at every level of government.” “It is becoming clear the Democrats want to use the Supreme Court as a vehicle to circumvent legislators who actually make policy decisions,” said Mark Jefferson, executive director of the state Republican Party, ticking through a range of additional issues that could be in play at the court, from school choice to photo ID for voting and gun control measures. “If the liberals pick up another seat, they will have a rock-solid majority that never deviates from liberal activism.
The top two finishers in the Feb. 21 primary will face off in the April 4 general election. The split field raises the possibility that two ideologically similar candidates advance to the general election, as has happened in some recent congressional elections with all-party, top-two primaries. But most observers don’t think that is likely.
“I think it is huge,” Evers said in an interview on the sidelines of the Democratic Governors Association winter meeting last month, specifically citing the redistricting battle. “The Supreme Court has leaned conservative on almost all of the issues. So yes, this is a big deal.”
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