The 2000 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 4, 2000, to elect a justice to the
Wisconsin Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the Supreme court, highest and final court of appeals in the state judicial system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In addition to hearing appeals of lower Wisconsin court decisions, the Wisconsin Supreme Court also ...
for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice
Diane S. Sykes (who had been appointed in 1999) was re-elected, defeating challenger
Louis B. Butler by a wide margin.
Background
In 1999, Justice Sykes was appointed to the court by Governor
Tommy Thompson
Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is an American politician who served as the 19th United States secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2005 in the Presidency of George W. Bush, cabinet of President of the United State ...
to replace Justice
Donald W. Steinmetz, who had retired. Since Justice Steinmetz's term was already set to expire in 2000, the election did not need to be scheduled any earlier than it otherwise would have been.
Results
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See also
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2000 Wisconsin elections
The 2000 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 7, 2000. One of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats was up for election, as well as Wisconsin's congressional districts, Wisconsin's nine seats in the Unite ...
References
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Wisconsin Supreme Court elections
Supreme Court
In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...