For readers interested in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary for an open seat:
Daniel Kelly is a former state Supreme Court justice with connections to a plan hatched by the former president’s allies to reverse the 2020 election results in Wisconsin through the use of “fake electors.” He was one of two candidates to advance in Tuesday’s Supreme Court primary, according to projections by The Associated Press.
The other to move forward was liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee County circuit judge who was endorsed by the Democratic abortion rights group Emily’s List. [NBC News]
Nominally non-partisan, if Protasiewicz wins then the Court flips from a 4-3 conservative majority to a 4-3 liberal majority. Because of this, I expect it’ll be a highly active tilt, with proclamations of doom if the other side wins, irrespective of source.
I must say, those proclamations of doom quickly become tiresome.
The Republicans, aware that they recently lost the state’s governor, attorney general, and lt. governor races, will probably be more desperate, since a liberal leaning state supreme court will undoubtedly take up the question of whether or not the gerrymandering of the state is constitutional, and those races suggest a more balanced drawing of districts could result in the movement of several Republican-held House of Representative seats into liberal hands.
Beyond that, there’s not much insight to mention. The general election is in April. Will the losing Republican of the primary, Jennifer Dorow, endorse Kelly? Campaign for Kelly? That’s become an open question in Republican post-primary seasons across states, and has no doubt resulted in the loss of a few seats to liberals. But it’s the nature of the current Republican Party to do so, as I noted in the prior post. If Kelly makes clear a known connection to the fake elector scheme connected to the January 6th insurrection, or a glowing endorsement of the Dobbs decision, he may doom himself.
And for those wondering about that Minnesota forecast wherein we get buried in “historic” amounts of snow, here’s a pic of the last snowstorm:
Today’s snow is not as sticky, and we’re having some winds, so we may not see the coated power lines phenomenon.
