Wisconsin election officials predicted a big turnout in Tuesday's primary — and then voters blew their number away.

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The three Democrats battling to become attorney general grappled with questions Tuesday about legalizing marijuana in Wisconsin, with one saying it's too soon, another saying medicinal use might make sense and the third saying it's not his call.

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The four candidates for Wisconsin attorney general praised the state Department of Justice for its strides in solving cold cases, and all four pledged to keep up the pressure on tackling unsolved crimes.

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Ballots for this year’s State Bar elections are set to be mailed by Friday.

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As a candidate for state attorney general, Dane County's district attorney is getting his turn to take questions during a Milwaukee Press Club luncheon.

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Serving as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin is like riding a Ferris wheel that goes around only once.

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Attorneys Ralph Cagle and Kevin Palmersheim are candidates for president-elect in the upcoming Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors election.

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Milwaukee County Court Commissioner Laura Gramling Perez easily bested her opponent Tuesday to become the new judge in Branch 32.

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Forty-four judges’ seats are up for election Tuesday in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin attorney general hopeful Susan Happ has secured a key endorsement from an influential Democratic group.

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Only one judge’s race in Milwaukee County will be contested during this spring’s election.

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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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The Wisconsin Assembly's elections committee has approved a bill that would increase campaign contribution limits and allow voters to register online.

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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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New campaign finance reports show Justice Pat Roggensack has spent $351,000 on her re-election campaign in six weeks.

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Nearly two years after Justice David Prosser allegedly put his hands around the throat of another Wisconsin justice, the incident continues to dominate debate about the future of the state’s highest court.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Pat Roggensack and Ed Fallone are scheduled to meet for a debate a little over a week before the April 2 election.

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Ed Fallone goes after incumbent Justice Pat Roggensack in his first ad in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race released Tuesday, just two weeks before the April 2 election.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack said Wednesday her "heart aches" over the approach taken by her opponent Ed Fallone in the race for the state's highest court.

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Turns out Vince Megna is himself churning out defective products. Somebody call a lawyer.

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Lawyers can learn something from a former journalist turned political adviser.

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The National Archives maintains a website on the U.S. Electoral College. The page is divided into several topics, including FAQs, “What is an Electoral College,” resources for state officials, and a general resource page.

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Legions of lawyers are ready to enter the fray in case Election Day turns on a legal challenge. One nightmare scenario would be for the results in a battleground state like Wisconsin or Ohio to be too close to call, with thousands of absentee or provisional ballots yet to be counted.

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The state of Wisconsin has settled a federal lawsuit brought by Republican Mitt Romney's campaign seeking more time for military and overseas voters in Wisconsin to return ballots that were sent past a federal deadline.

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Voters on Tuesday ousted three judicial appointees of Gov. Scott Walker, but also elected four others initially chosen to serve by the Republican last year.

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Lawyers arguing over the legality of Wisconsin's election maps in a federal trial said Friday they have dropped several of their claims, leaving two main issues for a three-judge panel to resolve.

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The voting rights of Milwaukee's Latino community would be "significantly diminished" under the redrawn voter maps that the Republican-led Legislature passed last year, an expert witness testified Thursday.

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All four incumbent circuit judges running for re-election in the spring survived the Tuesday primary, but three finished second on the ballots.

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While there are no statewide judicial races to attract voters this spring, Wisconsin will have six circuit court primaries Tuesday.

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