Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, growing the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights and other hot button issues await in the perennial battleground state.
Taylor, who focused her campaign on abortion rights, defeated Republican-backed Maria Lazar in the fourth straight victory for liberal court candidates dating back to 2020. Liberals are now guaranteed to hold a majority on the court until at least 2030.
Democrats tightened their control of the court just months before a November election in which they seek to keep the governor’s office and flip the state Legislature, where Republicans have held the majority since 2011. Democrats aspire to undo a host of Republican-enacted laws that made Wisconsin a focal point for the nation’s conservative movement in the 2010s.
Good. Honestly, I’m not surprised, given the way the wind is blowing, and to give props, Maria Lazar struck me as more of an old-school Republican, not a batshit MAGA that’d fire up the base.
Feels somewhat trivial but this matters at least got me especially for ensuring elections remain fair as these are controlled state by state.
I really hope we can keep the state legislature moving in a more sane direction as well.
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Another conservative justice is retiring next year, giving liberals a chance to take 6-1 control of the court thanks to Taylor’s victory.
“Aw yeah, this is happenin’.”
