The victory of Janet Protasiewicz over conservative Dan Kelly will allow the court's new liberal majority to determine the future of key issues like abortion rights.
Protasiewicz defeated conservative Dan Kelly, a former state Supreme Court justice, on Tuesday in what became thestate Supreme Court race in U.S. history and one of the most closely watched elections of 2023.
Conservative-leaning justices hold a 4-3 majority on the court. Protasiewicz will fill the seat being vacated by retiring conservative Justice Patience Roggensack, giving liberals the majority for the first time since 2008. Protasiewicz was elected to a 10-year term. State Democrats and abortion rights groups lauded her win in the moments after NBC News called the race for her. Ben Wikler, the chair of the state Democratic Party,that the race was"a release valve for twelve years of Democratic rage in Wisconsin about Republicans rigging our state and smashing our democracy.
“Too many have tried to overturn the will of the people,” she added in a veiled reference to attacks she made against Kelly during the campaign for his ties to a plot to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.Kelly, who lost his seat on the state Supreme Court in 2020 to liberal Jill Karofsky, faced relentless attacks from Protasiewicz and allied groups for having advised Republicans on legal efforts to overturn the 2020 race through the use of “fake electors.
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