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The 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be held on April 1, 2025, to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The incumbent justice, Ann Walsh Bradley, is retiring after 30 years on the court. Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are considered nonpartisan, Bradley has identified as a liberal and has voted with the liberal 4–3 majority on the court, meaning the outcome of this election will decide the ideological majority of the court for at least the next year. [1] By early March, the election had already become the most expensive judicial election in United States history, with spending exceeding $59 million. [2]
The in-person early voting period runs from March 18 to March 30, 2025. [3]
Although Wisconsin Supreme Court elections are officially nonpartisan, media outlets have identified Susan Crawford as the liberal, Democratic-aligned candidate, and Brad Schimel as the conservative, Republican-aligned candidate. [4] [5]
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No. | Date | Host | Moderators | Link | Candidates | |
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P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee W Withdrawn | ||||||
Crawford | Schimel | |||||
1 [70] | March 12, 2025 | WISN-TV | Matt Smith, Gerron Jordan | YouTube | P | P |
Pollster | Date(s) administered | Sample size [e] | Margin of error | Susan Crawford | Brad Schimel | Undecided |
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OnMessage (R) [71] [A] | March 9–10, 2025 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 47% | 47% | 5% |
RMG Research (R) [72] [B] | February 25–28, 2025 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 42% | 35% | 23% [f] |
TIPP Insights (R) [73] [C] | February 7–11, 2025 | 1,045 (RV) | ± 3.1% | 38% | 38% | 24% [g] |
634 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 43% | 45% | 12% | ||
RMG Research (R) [74] [D] | January 17–21, 2025 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 35% | 40% | 23% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Susan Crawford | |||
Brad Schimel | |||
Write-in | |||
Total votes | 100.00 |
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Former Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly...informs WisPolitics he has 'absolutely no intention of running whatsoever.'
Court of Appeals Judge Maria Lazar, a conservative who had been considering a bid for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, announced this week that she would not run and was instead endorsing...Brad Schimel.