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Schimel and Crawford debate at MU Law
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel took part in a televised debate that was hosted at the Marquette Law School on March 12. By Sahil Gupta sahil.gupta@marquette.edu
It did not take long for things to get testy in the Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates’ one and only debate. Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and Dane County Judge Susan Crawford sat down for a televised debate hosted by WISN 12 in the Lubar Center at Marquette Law School on March 12. The
two candidates sparred on a range of hot-button political and legal issues, at times interrupting each other and attacking each other’s judicial record. Liberal justices currently have a 4-3 majority on the state’s highest court after flipping the majority in 2023 following the election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. Conservatives are looking to retake the majority
following the retirement of incumbent liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. The winner of the April 1 election will start their tenyear term on the bench on August 1. Campaign funding The candidates spent much of the night attacking each other on campaign contributions from political mega billionaires. Schimel highlighted
how Crawford has received donations from high profile liberal billionaires, including George Soros, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffmann. Schimel took particular issue with Soros’ endorsement of his opponent, citing his previous support of judicial officials that he claimed are soft on criminals.
“[Soros] is a dangerous person to have an endorsement from,” Schimel said. Crawford hit back over the involvement of groups associated with Elon Musk in Schimel's campaign for the high court. These groups are estimated to have contributed over $8 million See DEBATE on page 2
Get to know Dane County Judge Crawford
Crawford visited the Marquette Law School on Feb. 28. By Mia Thurow
mia.thurow@marquette.edu
Fair, impartial, common sense. Those are the three principles Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has claimed to base her 2025 State Supreme Court campaign around. As voting season ramps
up again in Wisconsin before the April 1 election, Crawford paid a visit to the Marquette University Law School's Lubar Center to speak with Director Derek Mosely about her campaign principles, backstory, future plans and more. “I need to keep my head on straight and keep my head high and just continue to tell people, like all of you here, why I’m in this race, what kind of experience I bring to it and why I think I’d be a good justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” Crawford said.
Crawford's visit to Marquette as part of the Lubar Center's "Get to Know" series followed that of her opponent, Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, which took place on Feb. 18. Ten days later in Eckstein Hall, nearly every seat in the Lubar Center was full, with hundreds of individuals of all ages waiting to hear what Crawford had to say and ask their own questions. “I think face-to-face is the best way to engage somebody’s character,” Silas Petrie, a third-year law
student at the Marquette Law School, said. “I really value that opportunity to get to know them.” Background and early career Crawford, who grew up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, first explained how she had a passion for education before becoming a judge. She attended Lawrence University with a focus on college education and went to graduate school before realizing teaching was no longer her biggest passion. So, after finishing a mas-
ter’s degree at Indiana University, Crawford took time off to reassess her future and navigate the best route to becoming more involved in solving problems she saw in her communities. "Throughout my career, I've always wanted to be where I could do the most good and be the most helpful," Crawford said. That desire to help others brought Crawford to the University of Iowa College of Law, where she took many elective courses and became editor-in-chief of the International Law Jour See CRAWFORD on page 2
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