Schimel said Crawford lied about his record on this matter and defended his record. ASHWAUBENON — Not content to let only campaign ads do the talking ahead of the April 1 election, Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford criticized her opponent Brad Schimel's history in handling the backlog of rape kits while he was the state attorney general from 2015 to 2019.

With majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court up for grabs in April, candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel met with supporters this week.

Elon Musk and Richard Uihlein — have spent $2.8 million on TV ads helping Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel.

Dane County Judge Susan Crawford is accusing fellow judge and state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel of being "soft on crime" and "too extreme."

Dane County Judge Susan Crawford and Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel are running in the April 1 election for an open seat on the Supreme Court.

Schimel's campaign argued that Karofsky's current criticism contradicts comments she made when she oversaw the sexual assault kit testing project.

The Democratic-backed candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a race that will determine whether liberals maintain their majority decried Elon Musk's involvement, saying Tuesday that the world's wealthiest man was “trying to buy a seat on our Supreme Court.

Conservatives in Wisconsin need to win a state supreme court election to prevent Scott Walker’s Act 10 union reforms from being overturned. Don’t worry, you did not mistakenly click on an editorial from 2011,

In this instance, Joe Ricketts, an owner of the Chicago Cubs, gave $500,000 to the state GOP. After that and some other large donations, the party gave about $1.7 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.

Individual donors aren't allowed to give more than $20,000 to a Supreme Court candidate. But both Republicans and Democrats use a workaround to solicit bigger donations.

With years of continued gridlock between the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic governor, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has become the arbiter over some of the most heated election rule debates — from redistricting and drop boxes to the status of the state’s top election official.