{"id":1905432,"date":"2023-03-27T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-holder-to-campaign-for-janet-protasiewicz-in-high-stakes-wisconsin-supreme-court-race\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:26:57","slug":"eric-holder-to-campaign-for-janet-protasiewicz-in-high-stakes-wisconsin-supreme-court-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-holder-to-campaign-for-janet-protasiewicz-in-high-stakes-wisconsin-supreme-court-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Holder to campaign for Janet Protasiewicz in high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feric-holder-to-campaign-for-janet-protasiewicz-in-high-stakes-wisconsin-supreme-court-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1905432&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79936998\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Big-money Supreme Court race splits uber-wealthy Wisconsin beer family\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A family feud is brewing in Wisconsin as a Milwaukee beer dynasty finds itself split over which candidate to back in a high-stakes Supreme Court race that will determine the trajectory of state politics for a decade to come. The Uihlein family built one of America's most successful beer brands and put Brew City on the beer map. Billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein are going all in for conservative candidate Daniel Kelly. While their cousin, Lynde Bradley Uihlein, will throw her weight behind Judge Janet Protasiewicz in an epic April 4 showdown.\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M9S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-24 19:21:11\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1247186_th_1677266766.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1247186.mp4\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79936998\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1247186\"} }); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-holder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Attorney General Eric Holder<\/a> will head to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> to campaign for progressive candidate Janet Protasiewicz in the state&#8217;s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaign\/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-uihlein-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-stakes Supreme Court<\/a> race, billed as one of the country&#8217;s most consequential elections of the year.<\/p>\n<p>After conservative Justice Patience Roggensack retires later this year, the winner of the April 4 race between Judge Protasiewicz and former Justice Dan Kelly \u2014 the conservative candidate in the race\u2014 will likely tip the state&#8217;s highest court and deliver tying votes on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion<\/a>, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gerrymandering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partisan gerrymandering<\/a>, and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-signals-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT Poll SIGNALS FOR THREE Points AROUND 2024<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Holder is the president of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group that works to redraw district drawings that greatly favor Republicans. Holder previously served as <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Barack Obama&#8217;s<\/a> attorney general for almost eight years.<\/p>\n<p>According to the radical representative, Brooke Lillard, Holder may visit the Badger State&#8221; in the days leading up to&#8221; the vote to&#8221; help get out the for&#8221; for Protasiewicz.<\/p>\n<p>Obama added his perspective to the debate by tweeting next week,&#8221; Today marks the Wisconsin Supreme Court election&#8217;s first day of original voting.&#8221; Don&#8217;t delay until April 4th; it&#8217;s going to be around. Create a plan to cast your ballot today, and tell your friends and family to follow suit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetUrl\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Wisconsin Supreme Court vote has its first time of early voting today. Don&#8217;t rush until April 4th; it&#8217;s going to be around. Create a plan to cast your ballot right, and tell your friends and family to follow suit. Find the location of your early voting: https :\/\/ t.co \/ Lo7Jj6piAN<\/p>\n<p>Barack Obama(@ BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1638201718188982278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In February, Kelly and Protasiewicz won a four-way main that broke the previous record for participation and is poised to become the most expensive state Supreme Court competition in American history.<\/p>\n<p>More than$ 31 million has already been spent on advertising, more than doubling the$ 15 million record set in Illinois for one seat and surpassing the$ 21 million set for a three-seat race in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>A 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that lifted regulations on corporate independent expenditures undermined Wisconsin&#8217;s reputation for having strict campaign finance laws that curbed conflicts of interest and demanded accountability. Wisconsin&#8217;s GOP-led government loosened the cap on individual donations to political events in 2015. Corporations, special interest groups, and powerful people all made a mad dash to sway racial attitudes in the end.<\/p>\n<p>The super PAC <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/faircourtsamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Courts America<\/a>, which was established in 2020 with the goal of putting an end to the&#8221; woke mob&#8221; by electing conservative candidates, has spent$ 5.2 million more on Kelly. Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, who are a part of the Milwaukee beer dynasty and are among the top five biggest GOP donors in the country, have given Kelly$ 40, 000($ 20,000 is the maximum one donor can give ).<\/p>\n<p>Lynde Bradley Uihlein, a cousin of Richard, has made the hard left turn away from her mother&#8217;s liberal stances and contributed$ 20,000 of her own money to Protasiewicz.<\/p>\n<p>The enormous sums of money being pumped into the race are&#8221; explosively high because the stakes are so monstrously gigantic ,&#8221; according to State Democratic Chairman Ben Wikler, who spoke to <i>Bloomberg Government<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>He continued,&#8221; Wisconsin is on the verge of swaying a presidential election in one way or another.<\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>The state Supreme Court was crucial in the 2020 political election when it just prevented <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s allies from casting 200,000 votes from regions that leaned left.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>With so much at stake, both applicants have received high-profile testimonials.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Gwen Moore, as well as more than a dozen work organizations, human rights organizations, and countless pro-abortion rights organizations, have all endorsed Protasiewicz in Wisconsin. The National Rife Association, two officers organizations, and the country&#8217;s top three anti-abortion organizations have all given Kelly their support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Attorney General Eric Holder will head to Wisconsin to campaign for progressive candidate Janet Protasiewicz in the state&#8217;s high-stakes Supreme Court race, billed as one of the country&#8217;s most consequential elections of the year. The winner of the April 4 contest between Judge Protasiewicz and former Justice Dan Kelly, the conservative candidate in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1905434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4087,4733,6740,22856,22855,5740,22854,5069,4730,4124],"class_list":["post-1905432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign","tag-court","tag-eric","tag-high-stakes","tag-holder","tag-janet","tag-protasiewicz","tag-race","tag-supreme","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}