MADISON, Wis. — Dan Kelly continues to add to the chaos unraveling between the two GOP-backed candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court, this time by refusing to commit to endorsing Jennifer Dorow should Dorow make it through the February primary.

Kelly’s rationale? He can’t risk endorsing the next Brian Hagedorn—an otherwise stalwart right-wing justice who dared to vote against overturning the 2020 election at Trump’s behest.

But Dan Kelly has nothing to worry about: he and Jennifer Dorow have much in common.

Here are just a few ways Dan Kelly and Jennifer Dorow are cut from the same cloth:

• Dorow and Kelly both attended law school televangelist Pat Robertson’s Regent University, where Dorow was a member of the law review Kelly founded.


• Dorow and Kelly have both been endorsed by Wisconsin Right to Life, an extreme anti-abortion special interest group that opposes abortion in nearly all circumstances—including in cases of rape or incest.


• Dorow and Kelly were both appointed to the bench by Scott Walker. While Dorow boasted in her application to Walker of her “strong conservative values”, Kelly went even further, equating affirmative action with slavery and offering gushing praise of Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Obergefell, the Court’s landmark 2015 decision recognizing marriage equality for all Americans.


• Dorow and Kelly are both dedicated Republican activists, with Dorow active in the Waukesha County GOP and Kelly both a longtime surrogate and legal counsel for GOP political groups.

“Dan Kelly has nothing to worry about—Jennifer Dorow has much more in common with Kelly than Brian Hagedorn, and the difference between the three of them is slight to begin with,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Joe Oslund. “Kelly and Dorow are both active with the GOP, both attended the same conservative law school, and both have earned the endorsement of one of Wisconsin’s most extreme anti-abortion special interest groups. Our state needs a justice prepared to put the law, our constitution and the people of Wisconsin above politics and special interests, and that’s not Kelly or Dorow—or Hagedorn.”

MADISON, Wis. — In honor of Black History Month, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler and Vice Chair Felesia Martin released the following statements:

MADISON, Wis. — While the far-right candidates in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court have been careful about getting too specific on the issues, new reporting this month provided some clarity into how the two Republican-backed candidates might come down on critical issues before the Court, including Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion ban and common sense gun safety reforms.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/executive-money-s443.jpgMatt Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign continues his report on money in politics with the Secretary of State race.

Dual Endorsement in Pivotal WI Supreme Court Election

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MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement celebrating Governor Tony Evers’ 2023 State of the State Address:

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler issued the following statement commemorating the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade:

“On Sunday, we mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, recognizing a constitutional right to access abortion—guaranteed by a constitutional right to privacy—in the United States. Today, the protections of Roe have been overturned, leaving Wisconsinites and millions of Americans to face a chilling reality in which patients must travel hundreds of miles to access clinics in neighboring states and doctors risk jail for providing reproductive health care. Moreover, the overturning of the right to privacy has raised the specter of further decisions eroding additional freedoms that Americans have counted on for decades.

“Republican politicians sought for decades to overturn Roe and insert the government into one of the most personal and private decisions a person can make. Last fall, Wisconsinites responded to the GOP’s attack on our privacy and freedoms by reelecting Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul.

“Here in Wisconsin, Democrats are now committed to the project of electing a new justice to our state Supreme Court this Spring and depriving Jennifer Dorow or Dan Kelly the chance to demand enforcement our state’s draconian 1849 criminal abortion ban. The Supreme Court race is a critical next step in restoring and expanding the freedoms once protected by Roe. In years to come, Wisconsinites will have the chance to reelect Senator Baldwin, flip Wisconsin House seats in order to restore the Democratic House majority, and pass Senator Baldwin’s Women’s Health Protection Act into law.”

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/martin-luther-king-jr.-speaks-s441.pngAs we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Wisconsin Democrats are dedicated to the great work of his life: to build a beloved community, a free, just, peaceful, and righteous America.