Key takeaways:
- Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal backed by Democrats, has won a seat on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court, flipping the ideological balance of the court to the bench’s liberal bloc for the first time in 15 years.
- In the closing days of his campaign, Republican Assemblyman Dan Knodl said that he would consider impeaching Protasiewicz from her current position as a judge.
- The results of this week’s elections have the potential to shape the future of Wisconsin politics, and it remains to be seen how the new liberal majority will affect the state’s laws and policies.
Wisconsin has seen a major shift in its political landscape this week, as the liberal majority is expected to strike down a state-level abortion ban that dates to 1849 and entertain new challenges to GOP-gerrymandered state legislative and congressional maps.
Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal backed by Democrats, has won a seat on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court, flipping the ideological balance of the court to the bench’s liberal bloc for the first time in 15 years. Her opponent, Dan Kelly, had deep GOP ties.
In the closing days of his campaign, Republican Assemblyman Dan Knodl, who won that exurban state Senate district outside Milwaukee, said that he would consider impeaching Protasiewicz from her current position as a judge.
This week also saw a win for Republicans in the state Senate’s 8th District, giving them a supermajority in the chamber. However, if newly elected Republican state senator gets his way, the liberal majority could be overturned.
The results of this week’s elections have the potential to shape the future of Wisconsin politics. It remains to be seen how the new liberal majority will affect the state’s laws and policies, and whether the GOP-gerrymandered maps will be challenged.
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