Liberal Janet Protasiewicz Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race and Likely to Reverse Abortion Ban

Janet Protasiewicz, a Milwaukee county judge, has won the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, flipping majority control from conservatives to Democrats. Protasiewicz has explicitly expressed her advocacy for abortion rights and contested against the state's gerrymandered legislative maps. She defeated her conservative opponent, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly, by more than 10% of votes counted. Her election gives Democrats a 4-3 majority in Wisconsin's Supreme Court, where Republicans had control since 2008. The result is a significant step towards a better future, where rights and freedoms are protected, as said by Judge Protasiewicz. The campaign was the most expensive judicial election in American history, with more than $40 million in spending. Millions of dollars from out of state poured into Wisconsin to support Protasiewicz, and numerous national Democratic groups rallied behind her. This election result allows the court to reverse Wisconsin's abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps. It will have significant implications for Wisconsin's political direction in the coming years.

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