Recent polls show a tight race between Susan Crawford, backed by Democrats, and Brad Schimel, backed by Republicans, though the race is officially nonpartisan. Crawford currenty serves on the Dane County Circuit Court.

Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel called out a transgender performance at a recent Wisconsin rally as an "attack on people of faith."

Sitting side by side at a table with moderators Gerron Jordan and Matt Smith, both Schimel and Crawford accused the other of attempting to politicize the nonpartisan court, even a