2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
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April 7, 2015
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The 2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 7, 2015, to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Ann Walsh Bradley, first elected in 1995, won her third ten-year term, defeating Wisconsin circuit court judge James P. Daley with 58% of the vote.[1]: 1
- Ann Walsh Bradley, incumbent Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[2]
- James P. Daley, Chief Judge of the 5th Judicial District, Judge of the Rock County Circuit Court (Branch 1)[2]
Campaign
Heading into the election, the court had a conservative ideological majority (4 conservatives, 2 liberals, and 1 centrist). Roggensack was a conservative,[3] Bradley was ideologically liberal, while Daley was ideologically conservative.[4] Conservatives had targeted the election as an opportunity to expand their ideological majority on the court by unseating Bradley.[5]
Bradley criticized Daley's campaign for taking money directly from the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Daley criticized Bradley as an "activist judge".[4]