Overview
- Liberals are favored to widen their hold on the Wisconsin Supreme Court as recent polls show Chris Taylor leading conservative Maria Lazar.
- Taylor has raised about $6.2 million to Lazar’s $1.2 million, a roughly five-to-one fundraising gap.
- The state Democratic Party has spent nearly $750,000 backing Taylor, compared with about $96,000 by state Republicans for Lazar.
- A Republican operative said Lazar’s campaign has given conservative voters no clear reason to turn out.
- A Taylor win would expand the liberal majority from 4–3 to 5–2, shaping rulings on abortion, election rules, and redistricting and making a conservative comeback harder.