A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said on August 29 that she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals.

Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to run for a second full term comes after conservative candidates for the highest court in the battleground state have lost each of the past two elections by double-digit margins.

Both of those races broke national spending records, and the liberal won in April. That was despite heavy spending by South African oligarch and billionaire Elon Musk to buy the election, as he had to help get Trump re-elected in 2024.

Liberal state Supreme Court candidates have won four of the past five races, resulting in them taking over the majority in 2023, breaking a 15-year run of

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