john, this is Ben Wikler, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and in a moment, I’m going to ask you to donate so we can help us reach our goal to win our next pivotal election in April 2023, but first I want to explain the stakes:

On April 4, Wisconsinites will vote to fill an open seat on the state Supreme Court—in an election that will determine whether that body will have a conservative or a progressive majority until 2025. This race could shape decisions on voting rights, election subversion, legislative district lines, and so much more—and could have a larger effect on the 2024 presidential race than any other contest in the country this year.

Over these last two presidential cycles, the state Supreme Court has played an outsized role in shaping the electoral playing field and the powers of government in ways that have usually systematically advantaged Republicans in Wisconsin.

Just two years ago, in 2020, Donald Trump asked SCOWIS to illegally throw out tens of thousands of votes in Wisconsin’s most Democratic leaning areas. Thankfully, SCOWIS stopped him, but only by a slim 4-3 margin. If we can rebalance the Court, we are more likely to stop these brazen attacks on our democracy in their tracks.

With a conservative justice retiring, April 4th represents a chance to flip an open seat—which could lead to a Wisconsin Supreme Court majority ready to consider cases on new state legislative maps, voting rights, Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban, and otherwise examine cases based on the law rather than Republican ideology.

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin intends to fully support Judge Janet Protasiewicz, the progressive candidate in this nonpartisan contest. In keeping with other recent high-stakes races here, this is the most expensive Supreme Court race in Wisconsin history, so we’ll need all the support we can get to win in April.

That’s why I’m humbly asking you for help now so my team can prepare, john. Will you rush in a split donation of any amount to help WisDems win in April and support Tina’s work? >>

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Yours in the fight,

Ben Wikler