The race will pit liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford against conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel. The race was on after liberal-leaning Justice Ann Walsh Bradley announced in 2024 that she would step down from the state’s high court.
As of Thursday, 475,207 absentee ballots have been cast, with 242,426 being cast by in-person absentee ballots. That figure is up from the 175,774 that had voted early by the Thursday before the 2023 spring election, according to data from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
The 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court race similarly had the ability to shift the ideological leaning of the court. That year, 1.8 million Wisconsin residents voted in the election, with Justice Janet Protasiewicz, a Democrat, winning.
So far, the state’s most populous counties — Milwaukee, Dane, Waukesha, and Brown — have the highest early voter…
