The 2018 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 3, 2018 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. The incumbent justice,

Michael Gableman Michael J. Gableman (born September 18, 1966) is an American lawyer and former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (2008–2018). A Republican Party (US), Republican, he has been described as a hard-line conservative. From June 2021 until ...

, retired rather than seek another term. Milwaukee County circuit court judge

Rebecca Dallet Rebecca Frank Dallet (born July 15, 1969) is an American lawyer and a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Prior to her 2018 election, she served ten years as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County. Earlier in her career she wor ...

defeated Sauk County circuit court judge Michael Screnock, shifting the ideology of the court towards liberals. Dallet's landslide victory was seen as a sign of Democratic enthusiasm ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections in November. Reacting to the results of the election, Governor Scott Walker warned that Republicans were at risk of a blue wave in Wisconsin. Walker's prediction would turn out to be true, as he lost re-election and Democrats won all five statewide races in the fall Wisconsin elections.

Primary election

Candidates

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, judge of the

Milwaukee County Milwaukee County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, containing about 1 ...

Circuit Court (Branch 40) * Michael Screnock, judge of the

Sauk County Sauk County is a county (United States), county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo, Wiscon ...

Circuit Court (Branch 1)

Eliminated in primary

* Tim Burns, insurance attorney

Declined

, incumbent Supreme Court justice

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General election

Post-primary endorsements

Debates

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Wisconsin Supreme Court elections

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