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Susan Crawford holds a microphone in her right hand while speaking indoors.

Crawford wins the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

Susan Crawford, the Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeated the Republican-backed candidate Brad Schimel in the state's 2025 election, cementing a liberal majority on the state's high court for at least three more years.

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

Jill Underly sits at a table and speaks into two microphones mounted on tripods next to a plastic bottle of water and in front of a stage curtain.

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

A roll of oval stickers with a graphic of a U.S. flag and the words I Voted sits on a tablecloth.

What to expect on the 2025 Spring Election Day in Wisconsin

Interior lights illuminating glass window panes and exterior lights illuminating a circle of Composite-order columns shine different tones of light around the lower portion of a dome of a Beaux-Arts building with granite masonry and statuary.

How a 2025 election in Wisconsin became the most expensive race for a court seat in US history

People stand on steps and a plaza outside a building with marble masonry and construction scaffolding surrounding the lower levels of a portico of columns upholding a pediment with sculptures of figures, with the U.S. flag on a flagpole on one side, as well as street lights, traffic signals and bollards along a street, other buildings in the background, and trees on either side of a low wall in the foreground.

US Supreme Court hears arguments in case involving unemployment tax in Wisconsin and a Catholic service agency

Side-by-side photos show Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel each holding microphones in their right hand while speaking indoors.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates make final push in 2025 spring election

A vinyl sign with the words Vote Here and an arrow with the times 7am to 8pm inside its outline is mounted to a metal stand outside the entrance of a multi-story brick building with a short series of steps leading to multiple doors beneath a sign reading Gymnasium and topped by a pillar-supported pediment with a sign reading The Community Center, with a tree one one side in the background.

What you need to know about Wisconsin's spring 2025 election

Elon Musk holds a wireless microphone in his right hand and speaks while standing in front of a projected image of the U.S. flag.

Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Elon Musk raises both arms in the air, with a wireless microphone in his right hand, while hearing a Cheesehead hat and standing on a stage in front of a projection of the horizontal stripes of the U.S. flag, with out-of-focus people standing in the audience facing toward him, many holding phones in the air to take photos and record video.

Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

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

Jill Underly sits at a table and speaks into two microphones mounted on tripods next to a plastic bottle of water and in front of a stage curtain.

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

A roll of oval stickers with a graphic of a U.S. flag and the words I Voted sits on a tablecloth.

What to expect on the 2025 Spring Election Day in Wisconsin

Interior lights illuminating glass window panes and exterior lights illuminating a circle of Composite-order columns shine different tones of light around the lower portion of a dome of a Beaux-Arts building with granite masonry and statuary.

How a 2025 election in Wisconsin became the most expensive race for a court seat in US history

People stand on steps and a plaza outside a building with marble masonry and construction scaffolding surrounding the lower levels of a portico of columns upholding a pediment with sculptures of figures, with the U.S. flag on a flagpole on one side, as well as street lights, traffic signals and bollards along a street, other buildings in the background, and trees on either side of a low wall in the foreground.

US Supreme Court hears arguments in case involving unemployment tax in Wisconsin and a Catholic service agency

Side-by-side photos show Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel each holding microphones in their right hand while speaking indoors.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates make final push in 2025 spring election

A vinyl sign with the words Vote Here and an arrow with the times 7am to 8pm inside its outline is mounted to a metal stand outside the entrance of a multi-story brick building with a short series of steps leading to multiple doors beneath a sign reading Gymnasium and topped by a pillar-supported pediment with a sign reading The Community Center, with a tree one one side in the background.

What you need to know about Wisconsin's spring 2025 election

Elon Musk holds a wireless microphone in his right hand and speaks while standing in front of a projected image of the U.S. flag.

Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Elon Musk raises both arms in the air, with a wireless microphone in his right hand, while hearing a Cheesehead hat and standing on a stage in front of a projection of the horizontal stripes of the U.S. flag, with out-of-focus people standing in the audience facing toward him, many holding phones in the air to take photos and record video.

Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

Round badge with "WISCONSIN VOTE" text, stars, and red and white stripes.

Wisconsin Vote

During election season, Wisconsin Vote provides voters with information about candidates and races, election results, and election resources for educators.

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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

A vinyl sign with the words Vote Here and an arrow with the times 7am to 8pm inside its outline is mounted to a metal stand outside the entrance of a multi-story brick building with a short series of steps leading to multiple doors beneath a sign reading Gymnasium and topped by a pillar-supported pediment with a sign reading The Community Center, with a tree one one side in the background.

What you need to know about Wisconsin's spring 2025 election

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

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Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

Anne Egan-Waukau on outreach to Native voters in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Native Vote highlights use of tribal ID for voting

Wisconsin Native Vote highlights use of tribal ID for voting

Apache Danforth on plant medicine and legalizing marijuana

Apache Danforth on plant medicine and legalizing marijuana

In Focus with Susan Kerns: Celebrating cinema in Milwaukee

In Focus with Susan Kerns: Celebrating cinema in Milwaukee

In Focus with Saghar Homayounpour: 2024 Teacher of the Year

In Focus with Saghar Homayounpour: 2024 Teacher of the Year

In Focus with John Ridley: Storytelling, film and community

In Focus with John Ridley: Storytelling, film and community

Wisconsin Regional News

Southeast Region

Why a Racine referendum reflects Wisconsin school money woes

Why a Racine referendum reflects Wisconsin school money woes

In Focus with Susan Kerns: Celebrating cinema in Milwaukee

Greg Clement on tariffs, trade and Wisconsin manufacturing

Trump Jr. casts the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race as key to advancing Trump's agenda

Southeast Region News

Northeast Region

A still image from a video shows Matt Joski seated in front of a wall covered in an American flag made of wood and other framed items with a graphic at bottom reading 'Kewaunee,' 'Sheriff Matt Joski' and 'Kewaunee County.'

Sheriff Matt Joski on local enforcement of immigration laws

A birthing center in Waupaca closes in the wake of a health system merger

College of Menominee Nation training program and student scholarships left adrift after USDA grant is suspended

Waupun Correctional Institution reports its seventh inmate death in the past 2 years

Northeast Region News

South Central Region

Satya Rhodes-Conway speaks into an out-of-focus microphone with the flag of a media organization, with an out-of-focus person standing behind her.

Madison's mayor suspends city clerk over uncounted ballots

Carla Vigue on Native students and 'Relatives' at UW-Madison

Wisconsin Democrats hold 'People vs. Musk' town hall to issue call to action for the 2025 spring election

Wisconsin election officials to depose Madison workers over uncounted ballots

South Central Region News

Northern Region

A printed sign with the seal of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa above the words Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian Reservation, By Order of the Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council There Shall Be No Trespassing, No Trapping, No Hunting on Tribal Lands by Non-Band Members, Offenders Will Be Prosecuted in the LDF Tribal Court System and contact information is attached to a wood road barrier with a metal chain hanging underneath it above a road covered in snow.

Tribal sovereignty at center of Wisconsin road dispute

Federal judge orders Lac du Flambeau roads to remain open

Wisconsin's rural homelessness crisis and the ongoing fight to do 'more with less'

Wisconsin detects a human bird flu case in Barron County

Northern Region News

West Central Region

Stephen Nick on transports of unhoused people to Eau Claire

Stephen Nick on transports of unhoused people to Eau Claire

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley's health care needs, gaps

US Supreme Court rejects challenge to an Eau Claire schools policy covering transgender students

Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

West Central Region News

Southwest Region

Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

Dave Eggen on opposing plans to remove dams in the Driftless

Mark Erickson on assessing earthen dam stability and failure

Bob Micheel on plans to remove Coon Creek dams after floods

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