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The 2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 7, 2015, to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Ann Walsh Bradley, first elected in 1995, won her third ten-year term, defeating Wisconsin circuit court judge James P. Daley with 58% of the vote. https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Summary%20Results%20Report-4.7.15%20Spring%20Election%20and%20Senate%2020%20Special%20Election.pdf Canvass Results for 2015 Spring Election - 4/7/2015 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board April 21, 2015 February 15, 2021 October 17, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201017023421/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Summary%20Results%20Report-4.7.15%20Spring%20Election%20and%20Senate%2020%20Special%20Election.pdf bot: unknown 1
Candidates
Ann Walsh Bradley, incumbent Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
James P. Daley, Chief Judge of the 5th Judicial District, Judge of the Rock County Circuit Court (Branch 1)Marley Patrick Rock County judge to challenge Ann Walsh Bradley for Supreme Court https://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/rock-county-judge-to-announced-supreme-court-run-next-year-b99378813z1-280524472.html/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel October 27, 2014
Campaign
Heading into the election, the court had a conservative ideological majority (4 conservatives, 2 liberals, and 1 centrist). Roggensack was a conservative,Ball Alan A Liberal High-Water Mark? https://scowstats.com/2023/04/05/a-liberal-high-water-mark/ SCOW Stats November 4, 2025 April 5, 2025 Bradley was ideologically liberal, while Daley was ideologically conservative.James Daley (Wisconsin) https://ballotpedia.org/James_Daley_(Wisconsin) Ballotpedia April 9, 2026 en Conservatives had targeted the election as an opportunity to expand their ideological majority on the court by unseating Bradley.Smith Mitch Wisconsin Re-elects Liberal Judge, but Opens Door for Conservative Chief Justice https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/wisconsin-re-elects-liberal-judge-but-opens-door-for-conservative-chief-justice.html The New York Times April 9, 2026 April 8, 2015
Bradley criticized Daley's campaign for taking money directly from the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Daley criticized Bradley as an "activist judge".
Results
2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court election2015 Spring Election - Justice of the Supreme Court https://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/County%2520Results%25204.7.15%2520Spring%2520Election.pdf
Nonpartisan politician Ann Walsh Bradley (incumbent) 471,866 58.02
Nonpartisan politician James P. Daley 340,632 41.89
702 0.09
813,200 100.0
See also
2015 Wisconsin elections
References
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