Neighbors cheer Jill Karofsky victory at impromptu street party
randi Funk started cheering in her living room when she heard that Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky had won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
“Then I heard yelling outside, came outside, and saw my neighbors yelling, too,” says Funk, who lives near Karofsky on Madison’s near west side. “It’s been a rough past week in Wisconsin. But this gives me hope.”
Funk was one of around a dozen neighbors who showed up to an impromptu election night party in the street in front of Karofsky’s home (stay at home orders due to COVID-19 precluded any real election night gatherings). A few of the candidate’s Dane County court colleagues also stopped by to celebrate — some brought their own beer and champagne to have a toast from a safe distance.
“Karofsky!!” one Dane County judge yelled from half a block away as the candidate walked outside to thank her neighbors with a huge smile on her face.
Karofsky says she knew the race against conservative Justice Daniel Kelly would be close but she saw some hope even during the chaos of last Tuesday’s election — which she thought should have been postponed.
“I think that people felt like their vote was going to be suppressed and it had a rebound effect,” Karofsky tells Isthmus. “When I saw how many people wanted to vote — were willing to risk their health and the health of their families just to vote — I started to feel pretty good about [the election].”
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