Why Wisconsin Matters
“It’s really much more than local. The whole country is watching.” By Nate Jackson If you live anywhere outside of Wisconsin, why would you care about the state’s Supreme Court election tomorrow? Well, Donald Trump and Elon Musk sure do care a lot — and so do their Democrat antagonists — which sets the stakes pretty high. The election pits former state Attorney General and now Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel against Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. If the more conservative Schimel wins, it will tip the court back in the right direction from its previous 4-3 leftist majority. Progressive Justice Ann Walsh Bradley recently retired, leaving a 3-3 split. Wisconsin’s court is expected to hear challenges to the state’s abortion and voter ID laws, as well as its election map, which will have huge implications for the current slim majority Republicans hold in the U.S. House. Multiple op-ed writers have called it the most important election of 2025. “In the Gre...