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.
Candidates Ann Walsh Bradley, incumbent Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court James P. Daley, Chief Judge of the 5th Judicial District, Judge of the Rock County Circuit Court (Branch 1)
Campaign Heading into the election, the court had a conservative ideological majority (4 conservatives, 2 liberals, and 1 centrist). Roggensack was a conservative, Bradley was ideologically liberal, while Daley was ideologically conservative. Conservatives had targeted the election as an opportunity to expand their ideological majority on the court by unseating Bradley.
Bradley criticized Daley's campaign for taking money directly from the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Daley criticized Bradley as an "activist judge".
Results
See also 2015 Wisconsin elections
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