Wisconsin residents voted on Tuesday to elect Susan Crawford as the next member of their state supreme court, according to the Associated Press, which declared Crawford the winner.
The vote will put the liberals in charge of the state’s highest court during a time when the court’s decisions on congressional redistricting in the state could very well lead to more House seats for Democrats.
While Wisconsin judicial races are nominally nonpartisan, the official backing of political parties for both candidates left little doubt about how they would be making their rulings if seated on the court.
In addition to the issue of congressional redistricting, the candidates were also sharply divided on abortion. Schimel is known to be a practicing Catholic with involvement in the right-to-life cause. Crawford, on the other hand, has represented Planned Parenthood in court…
