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Justice-elect Susan Crawford on her 2025 election victory

Justice-elect Susan Crawford on her 2025 election victory

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-elect Susan Crawford discusses running in and winning the 2025 race for a seat on the high court and career in the justice system in her election night victory speech.

Side-by-side photos show Ann Walsh Bradley and Jill Karofsky seated in high-backed leather chairs, with wood and leather chairs behind them in a room with marble masonry.

Walsh Bradley, then Karofsky to be chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Susan Crawford standsbehind a wood podium with a mounted microphone and plastic water bottle on its surface, with other people standing behind and around her.

What the spring election results in Wisconsin and Florida reveal about voter sentiment in 2025

Justice Rebecca Bradley on the 2025 state Supreme Court vote

Justice Rebecca Bradley on the 2025 state Supreme Court vote

Donald Trump sits in a high-backed leather chair with his left hand resting on top of his right hand on the surface of a desk with papers on its surface, with a map, drapes and U.S. flag in the background.

Wisconsin and Florida 2025 votes provide early warning to Trump and Republicans

Brad Schimel stands with his hands on his hips and a piece of paper in his left hand while speaking into a microphone mounted on a stand, with drum kits and other microphone stands behind him along with a campaign sign reading Brad Schimel and Supreme Court and a U.S. flag in the background.

Once common, now unusual: Schimel pushes back against shouts about Wisconsin's 2025 election results

Susan Crawford stands behind a podium with a campaign sign with the words Judge Crawford for Supreme Court and a URL, with Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Janet Protasiewicz and Ann Walsh Bradley standing behind her, with other people standing by the U.S. and Wisconsin flags and a pipe and drape backdrop in the background.

Wisconsin Supreme Court to tackle cases about abortion, unions and other disputes following Crawford's election

Elon Musk holds a wireless microphone in his left hand and gestures with his right hand while speaking in front of a projected image of the U.S. flag's stripes.

Wisconsin's vote in its 2025 state Supreme Court race is a political loss for Musk

Susan Crawford stands behind a podium with a campaign sign with the words Judge Crawford for Supreme Court, Fair., Impartial., and a URL, with Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Janet Protasiewicz and Ann Walsh Bradley standing behind her, with other people standing to the side and in front of her, and with the U.S. and Wisconsin flags in front of a pipe and drape backdrop in the background.

Why the AP called the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Crawford

Susan Crawford waves with her right hand while standing behind a wood podium on a stage with a mounted microphone, plastic water bottle and paper on its surface, with Rebecca Dallet and Janet Protasiewicz standing behind her, with other people standing around her, applauding and taking photos and video with their phones.

Crawford wins the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

Jill Underly speaks while standing behind a wood podium with two campaign signs reading Jill Underly and Every Child, Every Day affixed to its front, with other people standing behind her holding campaign signs, with U.S. and Wisconsin flags and a pipe and drape backdrop in the background.

Underly wins Wisconsin's 2025 state superintendent election and state voter ID amendment passes

A judicial bench with two sets of seats — one leather and another wood and leather — is faced by a low table and multiple rows of wood and leather chairs in a room with marble masonry, illuminated brass light fixtures in wall niches, multiple paintings on the back and side walls, and the U.S. and Wisconsin flags.

Wisconsin to hold a state Supreme Court election every spring from 2025 to 2029

A voter stands and leans over to fill out a ballot while facing one quadrant of a four-winged privacy divider with an International Symbol of Access printed on one wing and a graphic of a U.S. flag and the word VOTE on another wing, and with two printed sheets of paper taped to the top of the divider, in a room with a chalkboard in the background.

The 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election highlights deep political divides

Side-by-side photos show Ann Walsh Bradley and Jill Karofsky seated in high-backed leather chairs, with wood and leather chairs behind them in a room with marble masonry.

Walsh Bradley, then Karofsky to be chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Susan Crawford standsbehind a wood podium with a mounted microphone and plastic water bottle on its surface, with other people standing behind and around her.

What the spring election results in Wisconsin and Florida reveal about voter sentiment in 2025

Justice Rebecca Bradley on the 2025 state Supreme Court vote

Justice Rebecca Bradley on the 2025 state Supreme Court vote

Donald Trump sits in a high-backed leather chair with his left hand resting on top of his right hand on the surface of a desk with papers on its surface, with a map, drapes and U.S. flag in the background.

Wisconsin and Florida 2025 votes provide early warning to Trump and Republicans

Brad Schimel stands with his hands on his hips and a piece of paper in his left hand while speaking into a microphone mounted on a stand, with drum kits and other microphone stands behind him along with a campaign sign reading Brad Schimel and Supreme Court and a U.S. flag in the background.

Once common, now unusual: Schimel pushes back against shouts about Wisconsin's 2025 election results

Susan Crawford stands behind a podium with a campaign sign with the words Judge Crawford for Supreme Court and a URL, with Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Janet Protasiewicz and Ann Walsh Bradley standing behind her, with other people standing by the U.S. and Wisconsin flags and a pipe and drape backdrop in the background.

Wisconsin Supreme Court to tackle cases about abortion, unions and other disputes following Crawford's election

Elon Musk holds a wireless microphone in his left hand and gestures with his right hand while speaking in front of a projected image of the U.S. flag's stripes.

Wisconsin's vote in its 2025 state Supreme Court race is a political loss for Musk

Susan Crawford stands behind a podium with a campaign sign with the words Judge Crawford for Supreme Court, Fair., Impartial., and a URL, with Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Janet Protasiewicz and Ann Walsh Bradley standing behind her, with other people standing to the side and in front of her, and with the U.S. and Wisconsin flags in front of a pipe and drape backdrop in the background.

Why the AP called the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Crawford

Susan Crawford waves with her right hand while standing behind a wood podium on a stage with a mounted microphone, plastic water bottle and paper on its surface, with Rebecca Dallet and Janet Protasiewicz standing behind her, with other people standing around her, applauding and taking photos and video with their phones.

Crawford wins the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

Jill Underly speaks while standing behind a wood podium with two campaign signs reading Jill Underly and Every Child, Every Day affixed to its front, with other people standing behind her holding campaign signs, with U.S. and Wisconsin flags and a pipe and drape backdrop in the background.

Underly wins Wisconsin's 2025 state superintendent election and state voter ID amendment passes

A judicial bench with two sets of seats — one leather and another wood and leather — is faced by a low table and multiple rows of wood and leather chairs in a room with marble masonry, illuminated brass light fixtures in wall niches, multiple paintings on the back and side walls, and the U.S. and Wisconsin flags.

Wisconsin to hold a state Supreme Court election every spring from 2025 to 2029

A voter stands and leans over to fill out a ballot while facing one quadrant of a four-winged privacy divider with an International Symbol of Access printed on one wing and a graphic of a U.S. flag and the word VOTE on another wing, and with two printed sheets of paper taped to the top of the divider, in a room with a chalkboard in the background.

The 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election highlights deep political divides

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