Liberal challenger defeats conservative incumbent in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Liberal challenger defeats conservative incumbent in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
By Amy Gardner and David Weigel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/liberal-challenger-defeats-conservative-incumbent-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race/2020/04/13/7d1195ec-7d9e-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html
April 13, 2020 at 8:19 p.m. EDT
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A liberal challenger defeated the conservative incumbent for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a key race at the heart of Democratic accusations that Republicans risked voters’ health and safety by going forward with last week’s elections amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Jill Karofsky beat Daniel Kelly, whom then-Gov. Scott Walker (R) appointed to the state’s high court in 2016.
The contest prompted a rancorous partisan debate over whether to proceed with in-person voting last Tuesday, which Democrats opposed and Republicans supported. It was also hardfought because of potential implications in the November presidential elections, with a judicial decision about whether to purge the state’s voter rolls hanging in the partisan balance of the court.
Gov. Tony Evers (D), state health officials and local election officials had urged the Republican-led state legislature to postpone the election, but lawmakers refused, citing the risk of confusion and widespread vacancies in thousands of municipal seats on the ballot with terms due to expire in April.
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