Democrats Could Lose Wisconsin Forever

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🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Last week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race got ugly, fast. The Republican favorite, Judge Brian Hagedorn, eked out a win by about 6,000 votes. Our guest today says it’s hard to overstate the political fallout from this result. It could mean that conservatives dominate Wisconsin for years to come. Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, covers the courts and the law for Slate. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you want to get an idea of how hard fought the race for just a single seat on the Wisconsin
0:11.2	Supreme Court can be, just listen to the ads that ran during the last election a few weeks
0:16.6	back.
0:17.6	We have to have a court in Wisconsin that is there for the people.
0:23.7	Some of these videos, they start out gauzy, high-end, soft music, soft lighting.
0:29.4	We think this was a campaign for national office.
0:32.1	We need to show compassion, but we also need to hold people accountable, and that's exactly
0:36.2	what I'll do on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
0:38.3	And then the tone of these ads seems to sour.
0:42.2	Libros special interests are trying to take over our Supreme Court.
0:46.2	It's worth noting the two judges running in this race, Lisa Newbauer and Brian Haggadorn,
0:51.5	they worked in the same courthouse.
0:54.2	Their offices actually shared a wall.
0:56.6	Brian Haggadorn is a political insider.
0:59.4	Their fight was brutal.
1:01.2	And then the Republican favorite, Brian Haggadorn, won by just a few thousand votes.
1:06.3	Remember, Wisconsin is often called the deepest shade of purple.
1:11.0	This is Slate's Mark Joseph's turn.
1:12.8	It is very closely divided between Democrats and Republicans, which is why it's so contested
1:19.0	every single election.
1:20.8	Mark says, if you want to understand how politics is changing right now, you have to understand
1:25.3	what happened in this one race, in this one state.
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