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Members of the Assembly are elected to two-year terms during the fall elections. In the event of a vacancy in an Assembly seat between elections, a special election may be held to fill the position. The Wisconsin Constitution limits the size of the State Assembly to between 54 and 100 members inclusive. Since 1973, the state has been divided ...
The Wisconsin circuit courts are the general trial courts in the state of Wisconsin. There are currently 69 circuits in the state, divided into 9 judicial administrative districts. Circuit court judges hear and decide both civil and criminal cases. Each of the 249 circuit court judges are elected and serve six-year terms. [1]
Judge Term as justice Term as chief Succeeded Notes Start End Start End Edward V. Whiton: 1853 1859 1853 1859 New seat: Elected (as chief justice) 1852, 1857. Died in office. [7] Samuel Crawford: 1853 1855 New seat: Elected 1852. Lost re-election 1855. [12] Abram D. Smith: 1853 1859 New seat: Elected 1852. [13] Orsamus Cole: 1855 1892 1880 1892 ...
The Wisconsin circuit courts were established by the Constitution of Wisconsin, ratified by referendum May 8, 1848. There were originally five circuit courts—each with one judge. In the first version of the constitution, and, until 1853, the circuit court judges also served as the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The number of courts was expanded via ...
Melissa Ratcliff (D–Cottage Grove), representing district 46 since 2022, retired after being elected to Wisconsin Senate in Wisconsin's 16th Senate district. Katrina Shankland (D–Stevens Point), representing district 71 since 2012, retired to run for U.S. House of Representatives in Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, but lost the primary.
The 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Milwaukee County circuit judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly, effectively flipping the ideological balance of the court from a conservative to liberal majority.
Similarly, all 33 members of the Wisconsin Senate are elected in a four year cycle, also without term limits. [11] Half of the Senate is elected every two years. [ 11 ] Prior to an amendment in the Wisconsin Constitution in 1881, Assembly members served a one-year term, while Senators were elected every two years.
On June 11, 2020, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced he was appointing Taylor to the Wisconsin circuit court in Dane County. Taylor replaced Judge Jill Karofsky, who had been elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the April 2020 General Election. [1] Taylor was subsequently elected to a full term as judge in the April 2021 election.