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Ben Wikler: “There was a Supreme Court race in the spring of 2011. The…”

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

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Race: Ben Wikler Discusses the Stakes and Elon Musk's Influence

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They had a, a hammerlock for years. And this was all in part because our state Supreme Court rubber stamped a whole bunch of illegal laws. There was a Supreme Court race in the spring of 2011. The more progressive candidate...lost by less than half a percentage point. percentage point. And so they had a state supreme court majority for 15 years that they used to just, you know, support whatever it was that Scott Walker and Republicans wanted to do. (03:10–03:21)

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Asserts that a progressive candidate lost a 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court race by less than 0.5%.

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