For the first time in 15 years, liberals win control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Democrats have scored a major off-year election victory in Wisconsin,

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winning the state's open supreme court seat and flipping control of the court to liberals for the first time in 15 years.

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Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz won the hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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according to a race call by The Associated Press, defeating former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly

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Spending in the campaign shattered the previous national record for a state supreme court election.

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The win by Protasiewicz comes at a pivotal time for the court, and for the Democratic voters who carried her to office

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Justices are all but certain to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's pre-Civil War abortion ban,

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and with a liberal majority, they're likely to consider a lawsuit that could overturn Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative maps.

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For the first time in 15 years, liberals win control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Democrats have scored a major off-year election victory in Wisconsin,

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winning the state's open supreme court seat and flipping control of the court to liberals for the first time in 15 years.

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Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz won the hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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according to a race call by The Associated Press, defeating former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly

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Spending in the campaign shattered the previous national record for a state supreme court election.

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The win by Protasiewicz comes at a pivotal time for the court, and for the Democratic voters who carried her to office

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Justices are all but certain to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's pre-Civil War abortion ban,

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and with a liberal majority, they're likely to consider a lawsuit that could overturn Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative maps.

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