This spring's race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will speak to the political landscape in the nation's most competitive state.

A poll in Wisconsin’s race for the supreme court has the conservative candidate up by 5 but many voters have yet to make up their minds. The conservative Institute for Reforming Government on Thursday released the poll that has conservative Brad Schimel up 40-35 over liberal Judge Susan Crawford.

Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel bring their political histories — and partisan backers —to the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Now the issue has come up in the race for the state's highest court, which has no say over how Wisconsin manages DNA testing.

A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice will not participate in a pending case that will determine whether tens of thousands of public sector workers regain collective bargaining rights that were taken away by a 2011 law.

Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn's recusal puts the focus on whether liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz will also step away from the Act 10 case.

Hagedorn's recusal marks a major blow to Republicans' hopes of a favorable ruling in their quest to uphold the 2011 law that gutted public sector collective bargaining in Wisconsin