Schimel Enters Race for Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2025

Frederica Freyberg:

As to the Supreme Court, former Republican Wisconsin attorney general Brad Schimel came out early announcing this week he is running for the state Supreme Court against liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Bradley’s term is up in 2025. She was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1995 and is the longest serving justice on the court. She is part of the 4-3 liberal majority. Elected in 2015, Schimel served one term as AG and is currently a Waukesha County circuit court judge. As a prosecutor, Schimel had been outspoken against abortion. He defended Republican-drawn redistricting maps, strongly supported voter ID, and joined a multistate lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act.

Brad Schimel:

So on August 1st of this year, the balance of the Supreme Court shifted. We all knew. Nobody had to tell us. Liberal, the liberals now are in the majority. They’ve been in the majority before. We know the damage they’ve done in the past when they’ve been the majority, but this time it’s different. As they say, this is not your father’s liberal majority. It’s different, and they’ve demonstrated that they intend to make big changes.