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think she may just be that
catalyst.

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Congressman Mark Pocan,
>> Sure. Thank you so much.

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>> Wisconsin's spring
election saw a blowout win

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for Liberal Supreme Court
candidate Chris Taylor,

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defeating Conservative
Maria Lazar by 20 points as

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“Here& Now” senior
political reporter Zac

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Schultz tells us it was an
early night.

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>> The crowd at Chris
Taylor's election night

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party expected her to win
the election for a seat on

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the Wisconsin Supreme Court,
but that confidence didn't

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diminish the excitement for
when the race was

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officially called before
9:00. Since Liberals

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flipped the court in 2023,
they've paraded their

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majority on stage on
election night for a

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celebratory moment. But
with Chris Taylor's victory,

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the Liberal majority is now
5 to 2. And with former

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Justice Anne Walsh Bradley
on hand, the stage wasn't

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big enough, so they had to
hold their group photo

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afterwards.
>> Wow.

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>> Who?
>> We did it Wisconsin.

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>> Contrary to the last two
record setting elections,

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this one was quieter, with
less outside interest

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groups spending fewer ads
and lower turnout. While

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justice elect Chris Taylor
held an 8 to 1 spending

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advantage over her opponent,
Maria Lazar. Taylor praised

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her get out the vote effort
for getting her supporters

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to the polls.
>> And I am so grateful for

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the grassroots support that
I needed to win this race.

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This was a grassroots
campaign about the people

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of the state of Wisconsin.
And tonight the people of

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Wisconsin spoke. And what
you said is clear we are

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moving forward.
>> I have spoken with Chris

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Taylor and I have conceded,
and that's okay.

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>> At her event, Lazar was
gracious in defeat, hugging

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supporters and consoling
those who thought she could

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pull off the upset. But the
parties weren't even over

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before thoughts turned to
the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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election next April,
incumbent Conservative

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Justice Annette Ziegler has
already announced she won't

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run again, and with
conservatives having lost

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five out of six races,
there's a real question of

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what it will take for
conservative candidates and

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their Republican supporters
to be competitive in the

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spring.
>> This race was run in a

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way that we were always
behind catching up. That's

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not how races are going to
go from now on. I want

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people in this state to
demand better from your

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your candidates.
>> On the Liberal side,

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potential candidates for
next spring need to decide

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soon if they're running in
order to start building up

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the fundraising network
that has been central to

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their winning streak. Judge
Pedro Colon was at Taylor's

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party and has talked about
running in the past.

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>> As I said, every race is
unique, so I have to

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uniquely think about race
for the Supreme Court. But

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tonight is a great victory
for the state of Wisconsin.

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>> With their new five two
majority, Liberals will

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control the court until a
control the court until a