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Elections used to be about winning the hearts and minds of voters. These days, they’re increasingly about winning over judges.

Elections used to be about winning the hearts and minds of voters. These days, they’re increasingly about winning over judges.

The high courts decision not to hear the case follows Republican legislators’ threats to impeach Protasiewicz over her possibly presiding over two redistricting lawsuits.

The high courts decision not to hear the case follows Republican legislators’ threats to impeach Protasiewicz over her possibly presiding over two redistricting lawsuits.

Voters will decide Nov. 7 on a proposed initiated statute that would legalize recreational marijuana. Ohio's top Republicans hope they say no.

The Wisconsin GOP’s plan to impeach a Democratic state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence.

Move comes as Republicans rush to push through redistricting alternative.

Janet Protasiewicz is sworn in as a state Supreme Court justice at the Wisconsin Capitol on Aug. 1, 2023. Sara Stathas for The Washington Post via Getty Images Robert Yablon, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Derek Clinger, University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin’s April 2023 state Supreme Court election was historic. It was the nation’s most expensive judicial […]