Incumbent Justice Dan Kelly and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky emerged from a three-way state Supreme Court primary Tuesday, besting Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone to advance to the April general election.

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Wisconsin voters will choose between a Republican appointee, a Madison judge and a law professor as they winnow down the candidates for a state Supreme Court seat in a primary Tuesday.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly raised almost $190,000 in January, bringing his 13-month campaign fundraising total to nearly $1 million, campaign-finance reports filed Monday show.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful Jill Karofsky raised $65,350 in January but still trails incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly in fundraising for the past 13 months, according to campaign-finance reports filed Monday.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly accused his challenger Jill Karofsky on Thursday of slandering him and lying about him to advance her own political career, ramping up the rancor in their race for a 10-year spot on the high court.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly released his first campaign television ad on Thursday as he tries to fend off two liberal-leaning challengers.

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The conservative state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly's campaign raised more than half-a-million dollars over the last half of 2019, easily outpacing his two liberal-leaning challengers.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful Jill Karofsky raised about $227,500 in the second half of 2019, accordin to campaign finance reports released by her campaign on Tuesday.

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A conservative-backed incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court justice running for re-election is renting space from the state Republican Party and getting help from the GOP in circulating his nomination papers, in the latest signs of how partisan the races have become in recent years.

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The three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court debated concerns about partisanship within the high court at their first public forum.

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Dane County circuit court judge Jill Karofsky has gained more endorsements in her 2020 race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. She said on Monday that 48 Wisconsin judges are supporting her campaign.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly will square off next month against his two challengers in their first debate.

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A pair of liberal state Supreme Court candidates worked on Saturday to lock down votes at the state Democratic Party's annual convention, calling for a fair judicial system while signaling they support a range of party values.

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Justice Dan Kelly on Tuesday began his campaign for a full term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, calling Wisconsinites “the best bosses a guy could want.”

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Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky has officially entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court next year.

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Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky said Tuesday she is planning to run next year for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat currently held by one of the court's conservative members.

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Ed Fallone, a Marquette University Law School professor who unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2013, announced on Wednesday that he will try again in 2020, when the control of the court could be at stake.

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Following Donald Trump’s win in last week's election, some lawyers are predicting big changes coming to their practices, while others caution against exaggerating the likely consequences.

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Transparency is the core value of a democratic society. In a democratic self-government, voters have the power to select and reject those who will wield the power of government.

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Critics of the John Doe investigations that have dogged Gov. Scott Walker since he took office in 2011 often make much of the fact that Wisconsin is the only state to have a law allowing the frequently secret probes.

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Shirley Abrahamson, just as she has every day since Aug. 1, 1996, walked into the Wisconsin Supreme Court chamber on Tuesday and took her position in the center as chief justice.

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Rock County Circuit Judge Jim Daley plans to announce his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, making him an early challenger to incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in the race to be decided next year.

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With two months to go before Election Day, conservative and liberal groups are swooping into Wisconsin's attorney general race and scouring court records for fodder to attack Republican Brad Schimel and Democrat Susan Happ as soft on crime.

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Even though independent groups spent $1.2 million on the spring’s Supreme Court election, the contest was one of the cheapest in recent years.

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The two candidates for last spring's Wisconsin Supreme Court election raised slightly more than $1 million through their campaigns.

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Recent proposals to limit or abolish state Supreme Court elections attempt to remedy public perception that the high court is a political hotbed.

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Former Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Linda Clifford had a target on her back from the early days of her 2007 campaign.

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Spending on television advertising in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Justice Pat Roggensack topped $1 million.

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It was out with the new and in with the old in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which saw the incumbent easily defeat a challenger who was not as well-funded.

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Candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court campaigned Monday at Miller Park's opening day, worked the phones and urged volunteers to do all they can to help on the final day before Tuesday's election.

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