A conservative tilt on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has given Republicans victories in high-stakes cases in recent years, from voting restrictions to gerrymandered legislative districts
Voters now have a chance to tip that balance toward the left, with implications forand perhaps the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in one of the nation's most closely divided political battlegrounds.
The eventual winner will determine whether conservatives maintain the majority on the officially nonpartisan court or it flips to 4-3 liberal control for at least the next two years. The courtof overturning President Joe Biden's win in the state in 2020, and both major parties are preparing for another close margin in the 2024 contest.
The Supreme Court election campaign could break national spending records if a conservative and a liberal make it through the primary, withthe fate of legislative maps, union rights and challenges to election results at stake.
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