"Record-Breaking Spending in Wisconsin's 2023 Supreme Court Election Yields Liberal Victory"

Liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz won the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, flipping majority control from conservatives and giving Wisconsin's liberals a 4-to-3 majority on the court. Protasiewicz's victory is expected to reverse the state's abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps drawn by Republicans. The election was the most expensive judicial election in American history, with over $40 million in spending. Protasiewicz shattered long-held notions of how judicial candidates should conduct themselves by making her political priorities central to her campaign, including explicit support for abortion rights and opposition to gerrymandering.