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Ben Wikler: “In 2017, no Democratic candidate even ran for state supreme…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Ben Wikler With Bradley Whitford: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy

Published | Video Starts at 19:33

Until we figured out how to win a majority on our state supreme Court. This is something that the right had had total ownership of for years. In 2017, no Democratic candidate even ran for state supreme court because it was so clear the right had the money and the power and the focus on those races. But this movement that had worked elect Joe Biden and work to elect Governor Evers in 2023, in a year when most people weren't thinking about learned how to pronounce protozewitz. (19:33–19:41)

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Asserts that in 2017, no Democratic candidate ran for the Wisconsin state Supreme Court due to Republican dominance.

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