Former Justice Daniel Kelly wants another term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but he'll have to get past his liberal opponent Judge Janet Protasiewicz first.
Both candidates are running for a seat on the seven-member high court in a race that has been billed as the most consequential of 2023. More than $31 million have already been pumped into the state contest, with most of it coming from out-of-state groups and megadonors.The April 4 election is critical for both conservatives and liberals.
His father, Ed Kelly, died a year after Daniel Kelly graduated college. The elder Kelly was a cowboy who worked on ranches in Wyoming, Colorado, and California. A man of modest means, he told his son that while he didn't have a ton of material wealth, he had his"good name" and that it was something he was proud to leave his son.
After his father's death, Kelly went on to clerk for Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Ralph Fine for a year. He spent the following four clerking for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Between 1998 and 2013, Kelly worked as a litigator for Milwaukee law firm Reinhart Boemer Van Deuren, taking on the case of a University of Wisconsin student who sued the school over mandatory student activity fees to fund activist groups at public universities.
Kelly also took a hit recently for praising conservative activist Scott Presler's work as"invaluable." Presler, who planned several"Stop the Steal" rallies on behalf of Trump, was also at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. He has been campaigning for Kelly around the state, which isn't sitting well with some people, such as Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Ellen Brostrom, the daughter of outgoing Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Patience Roggensack.
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