(The Center Square) – Judge Chris Taylor, a former Democratic state representative, widened her margin of lead over conservative Maria Lazar with 23% of voters compared to Lazar’s 17% with two weeks remaining before the state’s April 7 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, though 53% of the voters say they remain undecided.
The University of Marquette Law School poll asked 850 registered voters about their preferences from March 11-18.
“People were much more aware of the court race last year than this year,” said Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll.
The court currently has four liberal members and three conservative justices and this election is to fill the seat of conservative Rebecca Bradley. Conservative Annette Ziegler has announced that she will not run again in 2027.
“There’s obviously a lot of room for change in these last two weeks,” Franklin said. “We don’t usually have this many people undecided this close to an election.”
Franklin said that Taylor has an even larger advantage over Lazar amongst registered voters who said they were likely to vote in the race with 30% supporting Taylor and 22% supporting Lazar.
