Janet Protasiewicz’s victory strikes a decisive blow to the GOP’s decade-long reign over the “democracy desert,” where reproductive rights still hang in the balance.
that practically cement their control of the state legislature. They’ve overruled Democratic governorin the state, which was also a target of Trump’s illicit efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Most notable among those efforts: a lawsuit seeking to have more than 200,000 ballots in Democratic-leaning areas invalidated. The state Supreme Courtthe Trump campaign’s suit, but only narrowly in a 4-3 vote.
“Wisconsin has been stuck in an authoritarian doom loop,” Wikler said when I got him on the phone Wednesday morning, his voice still full of energy from the Protasiewicz victory the night before. “The result is a purple state that has policies that look like Alabama or Mississippi,” he said. “This election changes everything.”
Abortion—one of the most animating issues of the 2022 midterms—also loomed large over this race. Following the fall oflast year, a more than 170-year-old state ban on abortion was allowed to take effect once again in Wisconsin, dramatically limiting access to reproductive health care in the state. That law is being challenged by Wisconsin attorney generaland the case is likely to end up at the state Supreme Court.
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