Supreme Court Candidates Appear at Democratic Party Convention
Monday, June 3rd, 2019 -- 10:40 AM
(AP) -A pair of liberal state Supreme Court candidates worked Saturday to lock down votes at the state Democratic Party’s annual convention, calling for a fair judicial system while signaling they support a range of party values.Ed Fallone and Jill Karofsky are vying to unseat conservative Justice Dan Kelly in the 2020 spring elections. Wisconsin Supreme Court elections are officially nonpartisan but Democrats and Republicans typically throw their support behind their favorite candidates, turning the races into political fights that can become as intense as the race for governor or attorney general and raise questions about the candidates’ impartiality. Liberal Supreme Court candidates Rebecca Dallet and Tim Burns appeared at the 2017 Democratic convention.
Last month Justice-elect Brian Hagedorn spoke at the state Republican convention in Oshkosh, thanking attendees for electing him and ensuring conservative justices maintain majority control of the court. Fallone, a Marquette University law professor, and Karofsky, a Dane County judge, both tried to toe a line between appealing to the party faithful without looking overtly partisan.
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