State Supreme Courts have become an electoral battleground. But some states choose a different path

Elmo Put Millions In Wisc Race And Didn't Even Get A T-Shirt

Wisconsin-based UpFront interviewed Charles Franklin, head of the Marquette University Poll, and the discussion led to President Elmo trying to buy the election for Knee Pad Brad Schimel and what kind of influence he had, which wasn't much at all. UPFRONT: What can we make from the turnout numbers across the state and how Susan Crawford won this race by 10 points? FRANKLIN: I think it's a really impressive rise in turnout for both sides. Republi…

Conservatives look for answers, point blame following spring election losses

After a bruising Wisconsin Supreme Court defeat, Wisconsin conservatives are searching for answers — and some are pointing fingers.

ICYMI: Black Voters In WI and LA Deliver Decisive Defeats To Republicans

Source: AnnaStills / Getty Black voters in Louisiana and Wisconsin recently gave Republicans two defeats showing the importance of state-based organizing. While some refer to odd number years as the “off cycle,” organizing efforts in both states led to major victories for pro-democracy advocates. Last weekend, a coalition powered in part by increased turnout among Black voters rejected four constitutional amendments championed by the state’s Rep…

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley seeks second term

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, a conservative, will seek a second 10-year term in 2026, teeing up another expensive fight for the ideological majority of the court. Bradley said she is “concerned for what an extremely radical court” could…

Did Elon Musk Cheap Out on Wisconsin? - WhoWhatWhy

All he could do was smile and say “cheese.” Not only was the $25 million Elon Musk poured into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election not enough to produce a MAGA victory, it was also a pathetically negligible crumb from Musk’s loaf. With a net worth last given by Forbes as $362.5 billion, Musk committed a paltry 0.007 percent of his stash to a race he told the world held its (the world’s) future and the fate of “all Western civilization” in the bal…