Monday, April 13, 2020

Joe Biden won Wisconsin's presidential primary, and a liberal state Supreme Court candidate pulled out a huge upset victory


I think Wisconsin republicans attempt to subvert democracy motivated Democrats to risk their lives to come out and vote in person. I expect it also motivated some people to vote for Karofsky after the repulicans on the Wisconsin supreme court refused to allow the election to be postponed, due to the Covid-19 problem. Kelly recused himself from that vote.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wisconsin-primary-supreme-court-race-live-results-updates-vote-counts-2020-4?fbclid=IwAR2pkiKoHCZ1ttOKpE3DJ_86Oh8AjfjEie-jnkwfE2V-Ksrg6Qq1wdXZARM

Grace Panetta
April 13, 2020

Liberal challenger Judge Jill Karofsky pulled out an upset victory over conservative Wisconsin state Supreme Court Judge Dan Kelly in a major win for Democrats.

Former VP Joe Biden also won the Democratic presidential primary in Wisconsin.

The state controversially moved ahead with in-person voting on April 7 as over a dozen other states postponed their primary elections due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

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The other major statewide election on the ballot this year in Wisconsin was a key State Supreme Court race. Democratic-backed Judge Jill Karofsky, a Dane County Circuit Court judge, beat Republican-backed Judge Daniel Kelly, who was appointed by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2016.

While state Supreme Court candidates in Wisconsin are technically nonpartisan, they are almost always aligned with or supported by political parties and serve ten-year terms on the court.

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