2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

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Nominee David Prosser, Jr. JoAnne Kloppenburg
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 752,694 745,690
Percentage 50.2% 49.8%

Prosser:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kloppenburg:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Justice before election

David Prosser, Jr.
Nonpartisan

Elected Justice

David Prosser, Jr.
Nonpartisan

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election of 2011 took place on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. The incumbent justice, David Prosser, Jr., was re-elected to another ten-year term, defeating assistant Wisconsin Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg. Unlike past elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the race gained significant nationwide publicity as it was widely seen as the first referendum on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposed anti-union legislation and the resulting protests.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ CHRIS BURY (@ChrisBuryABC) (April 7, 2011). "Wisconsin Election Results: Conservative David Prosser Retakes Lead in Supreme Court Race". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Davey, Monica (April 4, 2011). "Wisconsin Election Is Referendum on Governor". The New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election morphs into referendum on Scott Walker". Minnpost.com. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "Justice's race now a governor's referendum". Washingtontimes.com. April 4, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "Wisconsin Supreme Court race becomes referendum on union bargaining law". Greenbaypressgazette.com. Retrieved May 10, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Scott Walker's nonpartisan doppelganger [dead link]
  7. ^ Ungar, Rick (April 6, 2011). "Scott Walker's Election Nightmare in Wisconsin". Blogs.forbes.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "Wis. election seen as referendum on governor". Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  9. ^ Steven Elbow (March 23, 2011). "Enraged by Walker, activists put Kloppenburg's Supreme Court campaign on their shoulders". The Capital Times. Host.madison.com. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

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