{"id":1903,"date":"2023-04-05T14:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2023-04-05T15:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T15:06:23","slug":"protasiewicz-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-in-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1903","title":{"rendered":"Protasiewicz Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race in Landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Protasiewicz<\/p>\n

Liberals have won another landslide statewide election in Wisconsin, pushing Judge Janet Protasiewicz on to the state Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Protasiewicz won the closely watched, and massively expensive race for Supreme Court by nearly 11 points Tuesday. She got 55% of the vote, compared to conservative former Justice Dan Kelly\u2019s 44%.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will bring the fairness and impartiality that you all have been waiting for, and I will be a part of the solution to make our Supreme Court something that you all feel proud of and protected by,\u201d Protasiewicz said in her victory speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish Wisconsin the best of luck because I think it\u2019s going to need it,\u201d Kelly said in his speech on election night.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s 2023 race for the Supreme Court is the most expensive in U.S. history. Some estimates have the race costing at least $45 million. That crushes the former record of $15 million spent on the Illinois Supreme Court race back in 2004.<\/p>\n

Turnout was huge, and played a huge role in the race.<\/p>\n

Early numbers suggest that 36% of voters cast a ballot for Tuesday\u2019s election. That would beat the previous high turnout for a Wisconsin judicial race, and would beat the turnout numbers from the 2020 court race and presidential primary.<\/p>\n

The race was Kelly\u2019s second defeat for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He lost in the 2020 race by a similar double-digit margin.<\/p>\n

\u201cJudicial campaigns are supposed to be about constitutional principles and legal scholarship, which has been the focus of my conversations with the people of Wisconsin. Unfortunately, my opponent made her campaign about cynical appeals to political passions, serial lies, and a blatant disregard for judicial ethics and the integrity of the court. But the judgment of the people of Wisconsin is paramount, and this is what they have chosen,\u201d Kelly said.<\/p>\n

The Protasiewicz-Kelly race was a national draw, bringing in millions of dollars from out-of-state supporters, because it is seen as a proxy election on abortion.<\/p>\n

Protasiewicz has made it clear her \u201cvalues\u201d include a woman\u2019s right to choose. Kelly accused her of all but promising to strike down Wisconsin\u2019s pre-Roe abortion law.<\/p>\n

That law, which outlaws abortions in every case except for the health of the mother, is being challenged by Wisconsin\u2019s Democratic governor and Democratic attorney general.<\/p>\n

Protasiewicz will hear arguments in that case next month.<\/p>\n

Protasiewicz \u2018s win gives liberals a 4-3 majority on Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court, their first majority in 15 years.<\/p>\n

Now there\u2019s an expectation that Protasiewicz will rule on cases that involve Wisconsin\u2019s election maps, Act 10, school choice, and a list of other issues that Democrats in the state have not been able to succeed on through the legislature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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