Wisconsin Supreme Court Race: Key Swing Counties

0:00It's April 6th. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. Wisconsin heads to the polls Tuesday for a key state Supreme Court race that keeps the courts 4-3 liberal edge intact. Voters pick between appeals, Judge Chris Taylor, a former Democratic lawmaker back by the sitting liberal justices and Maria Lazar, who worked as Assistant Attorney General under ex-governor Scott Walker and has the nod from conservative justice Annette Ziegler. It's a 10-year term, replacing retiring conservative Rebecca Bradley. This spring matchup flies under the radar compared to past high-stakes battles, but the winner joins a bench that might tackle 2028. Election fights are early 2030s redistricting. Liberals have won four straight Supreme Court seats, flipping control in 2023 with Janet Proto-Ciwitch and holding it last year with Susan Crawford despite heavy spending from Elon Musk's circle on her foe. Democrats crush it in big urban spots, like Milwaukee and Dan counties, pulling 68-75% lately,

1:05while Republicans dominate. Rural areas and the wild suburbs around Milwaukee, Wakesha, Ozaki, Washington. The trick is, swing counties, where recent liberal victors grabbed over 10 that went Trump in 2024, including Brown County near Green, Bay. Meanwhile, Wakesha holds its first open mayoral contest in 20 years, pitting Common Council President Alicia Halvin's Levin, picked by local Dems, and endorsed by Independent Mayor Sean Riley, who ditched the GOP post January 6 against super conservative state, Rep Scott Allen, polls shut at 8 p.m. local time, with nearly 281,000 advance ballots already in. Keep eyes on those first returns from cities and suburbs to see margins shape up on this non-partisan slate.