Post by Logan on Feb 14, 2016 4:36:01 GMT -6
Madison— Heading into Tuesday's primary, the candidates for state Supreme Court are touting their credentials and taking swipes at each other over Gov. Scott Walker, an ad from a conservative group and how two of them interacted in the past.
The primary will narrow the field from three candidates to two for the April 5 general election. The winner will get a 10-year term on the high court.
The GOP governor appointed Rebecca Bradley to the Supreme Court in October to finish the term of Justice N. Patrick Crooks, who died in September. It was the third time Walker had appointed Bradley to a judgeship in as many years; he put her on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench in 2012 and the District 1 Court of Appeals in May 2015.
Running against her are Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Joe Donald and District 4 Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/supreme-court-candidates-get-testy-heading-into-primary-b99668824z1-368750561.html
The primary will narrow the field from three candidates to two for the April 5 general election. The winner will get a 10-year term on the high court.
The GOP governor appointed Rebecca Bradley to the Supreme Court in October to finish the term of Justice N. Patrick Crooks, who died in September. It was the third time Walker had appointed Bradley to a judgeship in as many years; he put her on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench in 2012 and the District 1 Court of Appeals in May 2015.
Running against her are Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Joe Donald and District 4 Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/supreme-court-candidates-get-testy-heading-into-primary-b99668824z1-368750561.html