WI: Democrat Rebecca Dallet will face NRA/Walker crony in State Supreme Court runoff
MADISON — The conservative choice for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Michael Screnock, advanced to the general election along with Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet, who bested a liberal Madison attorney in Tuesday’s primary.
Tim Burns, who took the unusual approach of running as a Democrat and taking partisan stands on issues, was eliminated.
Screnock and Dallet will face off in the April 3 general election. The winner will replace retiring Justice Michael Gableman on the court. He is part of a five-justice conservative majority. There are two liberal justices.
Screnock benefited from more than $670,000 in spending from conservative groups and the Wisconsin Republican Party to bolster his candidacy. He was also endorsed by three anti-abortion groups and the National Rifle Association. Republican Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., recorded robocalls for him just before the election.
Screnock was appointed as a judge by Walker in 2015. He previously worked as an attorney defending the Act 10 law and legislative maps drawn by Republicans that are now being challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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