Litigation

First Ad Attack in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

By Lissette Villarruel

A liberal group?s advertisement has struck the first blow in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, an article in the Chicago Tribune reports.

With two weeks to go before the election, the Greater Wisconsin Committee released a TV ad attacking Jefferson County Circuit Judge Randy Koschnick (left), who is challenging Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson (right). Specifically, Koschnick was accused of supporting ?corporate special interests, the wealthy and powerful and against victims? (his campaign denies the accusation).

Although third-party groups had been inactive until that point, special interests have been heavily involved in past Wiscons high court, including a spot–condemned as misleading by the Annenberg Polical Fact Check–that helped oust incumbent Louis Butler. (A storyboard of one of the ads can be found here.) Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, who sponsored Butler?s successful opponent, stated they would not be financially active in this year?s race.

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Full post as published by The Gavel on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).