Key Wisconsin Supreme Court choice could come before April
The Wisconsin State Journal recently wrote that a vote to replace retiring state Sen. Alberta Darling is set for April 4, the same election “that will determine whether conservatives or liberals hold a crucial majority on the state’s high court.” The state Democratic Party just sent out a fundraising email in which it said “the hugely consequential Wisconsin Supreme Court election is coming up in April.” And the nonprofit news outlet Wisconsin Watch has reported that “Democrats are eyeing the April 4 Wisconsin Supreme Court election as an opportunity to win a majority.”
“It is conceivable that you could have two conservatives prevail in the primary or you could have two progressives prevail,” says Ed Fallone, a Marquette law professor who has run for the court twice, in 2013 and 2020. He thinks the former scenario is more likely; Republicans tend to show up for primaries in greater numbers than Democrats.