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Justice-Elect Jill Karofsky on her Victory

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

April 17, 2020

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Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky won a 10-year term over incumbent Daniel Kelly, shaving the state Supreme Court's conservative majority down to 4-3. Justice-Elect Jill Karofsky is only the third candidate since 1967 to unseat a justice.

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