In Wisconsin's politically divided climate, a liberal judge secured an 11-point victory over her Trump-aligned conservative opponent, a remarkable margin for a State Supreme Court election.
“These referendum questions are deceptive in that they make it appear to the public that we are improving public safety and equipping judges to protect the public when in fact those tools are already available and better tools are out there,”affiliate television station. “These questions are framed in such a way as to make them appear to be really quite common sense and to make them appear to be necessary revisions when in fact they may not be either.
A special election in eastern Wisconsin to fill a vacancy in the state Senate saw a Republican candidate, Dan Knodl, defeat Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin. Knodl received 50.9 percent of the vote while Habush Sinykin garnered 49.1 percent, a difference of about 1,300 votes overall. Knodl’s win gives Republicans a supermajority in the state Senate — and while they still lack a supermajority in the state Assembly , the win does give the GOP additional political power, including the ability to impeach government officials.— the newly chosen state Supreme Court justice herself.; lawmakers can remove officials for “crimes and misdemeanors” but also for “corrupt conduct in office.
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