George Soros-backed Judge Susan Crawford tried to make the election a referendum on Elon Musk. She sounded like a testy schoolmarm.
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The candidates competing for a coveted seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court seem to agree on little, but they are of like mind on one abundantly clear point: The stakes in this nationally-watched election couldn’t be much higher.
Leftist Dane County County Judge Susan Crawford squared off Wednesday against conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel in the only debate in a race that The Wall Street Journal has dubbed “the most important election of 2025.” And rightly so. The April 1 contest will decide whether liberals retain a narrow 4-3 majority or conservatives take back control of Wisconsin’s court of last resort. Wisconsin’s high court will not merely be deciding important cases in a swing state under divided government but could have much to say about power in the U.S. House via a critical congressional maps case.
