{"id":2588321,"date":"2026-04-08T02:31:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-judge-chris-taylor-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-election\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:34:01","slug":"liberal-judge-chris-taylor-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-judge-chris-taylor-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal judge Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fliberal-judge-chris-taylor-wins-wisconsin-supreme-court-election%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=2588321&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--><p>Chris Taylor, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >liberal judge<\/a>, won the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, earning a 10-year term that solidifies a liberal majority on the court through 2030. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-state-senator-to-challenge-don-davis-in-toss-up-district\/\" title=\"North Carolina state senator to challenge Don Davis in toss-up district\">race drew national attention<\/a> and became the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history, with about $144.5 million spent. Taylor, a former Wisconsin Appeals Court judge who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-political-foes-locked-in-tight-house-race-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Former political foes locked in tight House race - Washington Examiner\">emphasized abortion rights<\/a> and previously worked with Planned Parenthood, defeated Republican-backed Maria Lazar by 60.1% to 39.8% (902,875 to 597,846 votes). The contest,officially nonpartisan,highlighted the national debate over abortion politics and the court\u2019s balance,with Taylor criticizing Lazar for backing Dobbs v. Jackson women\u2019s Health Organization and Lazar highlighting abortion restrictions. Taylor\u2019s victory was celebrated as putting \u201cthe people\u201d at the center of government and judiciary, contrasting with outside money and billionaire influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal judge Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2553876\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Liberal judge Chris Taylor was victorious in the election on Tuesday for a seat on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\">Wisconsin<\/a> Supreme Court. Her victory strengthened the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-law-firm-files-absentee-ballot-lawsuit-to-overturn-wisconsin-rule\/\" title=\"Democrat law firm sues to reverse Wisconsin absentee ballot rule.\">liberal control<\/a> of the court and ensured liberals would have the majority until 2030. It was the second consecutive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4518893\/wisconsins-new-supreme-court-battle-goes-under-the-radar\/\">Supreme Court election<\/a> in which Wisconsin conservatives endured a defeat after the 2025 election for a seat on the bench, and four out of the last five, including in 2023, when liberals first obtained a majority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Certainly, there is discouragement among Republicans and conservatives after having lost four of the last five Supreme Court elections, despite pouring unprecedented amounts of money into the last two races,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wislawjournal.com\/2026\/04\/07\/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-sees-sharp-drop-in-spending\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Supreme Court election in 2025 garnered national attention, with President Donald Trump urging voters to support conservative justices and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a>&rsquo;s America PAC funding get-out-the-vote initiatives in the state. The election set a record as the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, with a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pbswisconsin.org\/news-item\/why-wisconsin-supreme-court-elections-are-so-expensive\/#:~:text=Yet%20in%202025%2C%20spending%20on,Court%20seat%20exceeded%20%24114.2%20million.\">reported<\/a> $144.5 spent, according to reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s election was to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026\/results\/wisconsin-supreme-court\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replace<\/a> the retiring conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley. Elections for Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are officially nonpartisan; however, candidates are typically aligned with political ideologies and backed by political parties. The Democratic-backed Taylor handily defeated her Republican-backed opponent, Maria Lazar, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026\/results\/wisconsin-supreme-court\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earning 902,875 votes<\/a>, 60.1% of the total, compared to Lazar&rsquo;s 597,846 votes, 39.8% of the votes in the election. Taylor will serve a 10-year term.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4518893\/wisconsins-new-supreme-court-battle-goes-under-the-radar\/\"><strong>WISCONSIN&rsquo;S NEW SUPREME COURT BATTLE GOES UNDER THE RADAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor was a Wisconsin Appeals Court judge and made abortion rights an integral part of her campaign, reported the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. She was reportedly a previous political director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Taylor criticized her pro-life and Republican opponent in television ads over abortion. Taylor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-supreme-court-chris-taylor-maria-lazar-fcbe748aced2ea7cdee8e7e75855a21f?taid=69d5b5eeb797b60001270ebc&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highlighted<\/a> Lazar praising the <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women&rsquo;s Health Organization<\/em> Supreme Court decision in 2022, which overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the court case that legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973. She also placed political ads declaring that &ldquo;abortion is on the ballot&rdquo; in the Supreme Court election, reported the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once again, Wisconsin showed the entire nation that we believe that the people should be at the center of government and the priority of our judiciary, not the billionaires, not the most powerful and privileged, but the people,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-supreme-court-chris-taylor-maria-lazar-fcbe748aced2ea7cdee8e7e75855a21f?taid=69d5b5eeb797b60001270ebc&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Taylor in a speech after winning the election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal judge Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2588322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris-Taylor-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-election-e1775627823112.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[58222,3728,5206,32275,4124],"class_list":["post-2588321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-chris-taylor","tag-election","tag-liberal","tag-supreme-court","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris-Taylor-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-election-e1775627823112.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588321","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588325,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588321\/revisions\/2588325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}