Supreme Court election Milwaukee County voter turnout hits new record state sees nearly 2 million voters

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) — About 1.8 million voters cast their ballots for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, surpassing the 2020 presidential primary election which saw 1.6 million voters. Experts said the Wisconsin abortion ban drove people to the polls. On Tuesday, Judge Janet Protasiewicz beat conservative Dan Kelly for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals court majority for the first time in many years, said political expert and professor at UW-Milwaukee, Mordecai Lee. “For the last almost 15 years we’ve had a real conservative paradigm of Wisconsin politics. I think it cracked yesterday,” said Lee.…