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2003 Wisconsin Supreme Court election Wisconsin presidential No 2001 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2001 2005 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2005 April 1, 2003 Justice Patience Roggensack in 2005 (1).jpg Patience Roggensack c0c0c0 409,422 51.13% 3x4.svg Edward R. Brunner c0c0c0 390,215 48.73% 2003 Wisconsin Supreme Court election results map by county.svg 250px Roggensack: #d79346 50–60% #c56900 60–70% Brunner: #81d0d0 50–60% #53bfbf 60–70% #1eafaf 70–80% #008080 80–90% Justice William A. Bablitch Patience Roggensack 1993 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 1993 2013 Wisconsin Supreme Court election 2013
The 2003 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 1, 2003, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Patience Roggensack defeated Edward R. Brunner and Paul B. Higginbotham (the latter of whom was eliminated in a nonpartisan primary). Incumbent justice William A. Bablitch did not seek re-election.
Prior to the election, the court's ideological composition had 3 liberal justices, 3 conservative justices, and 1 centrist justice. By replacing the liberal Bablitch with the conservative Roggensack, the election resulted in a short-lived conservative ideological majority on the court (after Louis B. Butler's appointment the next year, this majority would be lost).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
Results
2003 Wisconsin Supreme Court electionhttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk2003 State of Wisconsin 2003-2004 Blue Book State of Wisconsin Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau April 22, 2019 Elections in Wisconsin 891
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary Election, February 19, 2003
Nonpartisan politician
Patience Roggensack
109,501
39.36
Nonpartisan politician
Edward R. Brunner
89,494
32.17
Nonpartisan politician
Paul B. Higginbotham
77,584
27.89
Write-ins
1,604
0.58
278,183
100
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1, 2003
Nonpartisan politician
Patience Roggensack
409,422
51.13
Nonpartisan politician
Edward R. Brunner
390,215
48.73
Write-ins
1,148
0.14
800,785
100
References
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