Wisconsin Supreme Court race goes national with endorsements and interest in results

For months, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet and Sauk County Circuit Judge Michael Screnock were engaged in just another sleepy race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Hardly anyone was paying much attention, outside of the candidates or the hardcore voters who show up for every election.

Not anymore.

The race has gone national, with big-time endorsements from the likes of former Vice President Joe Biden backing Dallet to the National Rifle Association's political action committee supporting Screnock.

The national help has mostly been for Dallet, who has gotten the endorsements of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona. Eric Holder, the former attorney general under President Barack Obama, campaigned for Dallet in Madison and Milwaukee and a group he heads spent $165,000 on digital ads to help her.

While national figures often get involved in Wisconsin's races for governor and U.S. Senate, it's highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for them to weigh in on court races.


https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/02/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-goes-national-endorsements-and-interest-results/473263002/