Reid J. Epstein

And then there's the race that I've been focused on, which isn't one of these Florida elections, but the contest for the deciding seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

And then there's the race that I've been focused on, which isn't one of these Florida elections, but the contest for the deciding seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Well, you may remember the court in Wisconsin has an outsized role in the state's politics. It was the place where Donald Trump, just by one vote on the court in 2020, failed to reopen the state's election count in his effort to overturn the results of the election. It's a court that, in upcoming months, will determine the fate of abortion rights in the state.

Well, you may remember the court in Wisconsin has an outsized role in the state's politics. It was the place where Donald Trump, just by one vote on the court in 2020, failed to reopen the state's election count in his effort to overturn the results of the election. It's a court that, in upcoming months, will determine the fate of abortion rights in the state.

It's also likely to have a case seeking to redraw congressional district lines in Wisconsin.

It's also likely to have a case seeking to redraw congressional district lines in Wisconsin.

It does. These are basically super legislators on the court who will have a lot of authority for making policy that impacts Wisconsin and eventually the rest of the country.

It does. These are basically super legislators on the court who will have a lot of authority for making policy that impacts Wisconsin and eventually the rest of the country.

So you have to remember, this is formally a nonpartisan election, but nobody's really fooled about which side the candidates belong to.

So you have to remember, this is formally a nonpartisan election, but nobody's really fooled about which side the candidates belong to.

The liberal candidate is a local judge in Dane County, which includes Madison, named Susan Crawford.

The liberal candidate is a local judge in Dane County, which includes Madison, named Susan Crawford.

And she was a private practice lawyer who represented liberal causes like Planned Parenthood and the local teachers unions before she became a judge.

And she was a private practice lawyer who represented liberal causes like Planned Parenthood and the local teachers unions before she became a judge.

She is about as milquetoast and bland as a political candidate gets in 2025.

She is about as milquetoast and bland as a political candidate gets in 2025.

I've spent 35 years representing the people of Wisconsin during a large... The conservative candidate is a local judge in Waukesha County named Brad Schimmel.

I've spent 35 years representing the people of Wisconsin during a large... The conservative candidate is a local judge in Waukesha County named Brad Schimmel.

He was the Republican attorney general of the state a couple cycles ago.

He was the Republican attorney general of the state a couple cycles ago.