Todays election could weaken conservatives longheld advantage in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – For about a dozen years, Republican lawmakers have set Wisconsin’s policies on everything from voting laws, to gun rights, to union restrictions; for the last decade, conservatives on the state Supreme Court have protected those Republican priorities. That could all change as voters Tuesday decide one seat on Wisconsin’s high court in the most expensive state supreme court race in United States history. Campaigning is expected to continue into Election Day, with spending tripling an old national record. It now tops an estimated $45 million, mostly from out-of-state sources. The amount spent is just one indicator of…