>> JANET PROTASIEWICZ WON A
SMASHING 11-POINT VICTORY
TUESDAY NIGHT, WINNING A SEAT ON
THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT AND
CREATING A NEW LIBERAL MAJORITY
IN THE PROCESS.
JANET PROTASIEWICZ DEFEATED
CONSERVATIVE DANIEL KELLY 55.5%
TO 44.5% IN A RACE THAT SET
SPENDING RECORDS AND TURNED OUT
NEARLY TWO MILLION VOTERS
STATEWIDE.
AS PART OF OUR ELECTION
COVERAGE, ZAC SCHULTZ WAS AT THE
PROTASIEWICZ PARTY ON ELECTION
NIGHT AND HAS THIS STORY.
>> WELL, WISCONSIN, GUESS WHAT?
WE DID IT.
>> THE STAKES OF TUESDAY'S RACE
FOR A SEAT IN THE WISCONSIN
SUPREME COURT COULD NOT HAVE
BEEN MORE CLEAR.
THE WINNER WOULD DETERMINE THE
IDEOLOGICAL BALANCE OF THE COURT
IN A RECORD $45 MILLION IN
CAMPAIGN SPENDING, MADE SURE
EVERYONE IN THE STATE KNEW
ISSUES LIKE ABORTION AND
REDISTRICTING WERE HANGING IN
THE BALANCE.
>> FIRST, IT MEANS THAT
WISCONSIN VOTERS HAVE MADE THEIR
VOICES HEARD.
THEY'VE CHOSEN TO REJECT
PARTISAN EXTREMISM IN THIS
STATE.
>> JANET PROTASIEWICZ SPENT MOST
OF THE CAMPAIGN TALKING ABOUT
HER VALUES, MAKING IT CLEAR TO
VOTERS HOW SHE FELT ABOUT ISSUES
LIKE ABORTION, EVEN IF SHE
DECLARED THAT THAT WOULD HAVE NO
IMPACT ON HOW SHE MIGHT RULE ON
THE CHALLENGE TO THE STATE'S
1849 ABORTION BAN.
>> OUR STATE IS TAKING A STEP
FORWARD TO A BETTER AND BRIGHTER
FUTURE, WHERE OUR RIGHTS AND
FREEDOMS WILL BE PROTECTED.
>> THIS WAS THE SECOND BLOW-OUT
LOSS FOR CONSERVATIVE DANIEL
KELLY.
APPOINTED TO THE COURT IN 2016,
HE BLAMED HIS LOSS IN 2020 ON
TURN-OUT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY HELD ON THE
SAME DAY.
THIS TIME, HE HAD NO ONE ELSE TO
BLAME.
HE SPENT THE LATTER PART OF THE
CAMPAIGN CALLING JANET
PROTASIEWICZ A SERIAL LIAR AND
REPEATED THOSE CLAIMS TUESDAY
NIGHT AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO
LOOK GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT, EVEN
REFUSING TO MAKE THE CUSTOMARY
PHONECALL CONCEDING TO HIS
OPPONENT.
>> I WISH THAT IN A CIRCUMSTANCE
LIKE THIS I WOULD BE ABLE TO
CONCEDE TO A WORTHY OPPONENT.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE A WORTHY
OPPONENT TO WHICH I CAN CONCEDE.
>> AND I WILL BE A PART OF THE
SOLUTION TO MAKE OUR SUPREME
COURT, ALONG WITH MY SOON-TO-BE
NEW COLLEAGUES.
>> MEANWHILE, PROTASIEWICZ COULD
BARELY FINISH HER VICTORY SPEECH
AS SHE WAS WELCOMED INTO THE NEW