Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel bring their political histories — and partisan backers —to the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. Brad Schimel reached a plea bargain with a criminal defendant whose attorney made donations to Schimel’s election campaign.

Brad Schimel says he oversaw mass testing of sexual assault kits while attorney general. Susan Crawford says he took too long.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court general election set to be held in April will determine ideological control of the court.

Conservative candidate Brad Schimel refuses to criticize the president for freeing rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers.

The event is just one of many partisan gatherings both candidates in the nonpartisan-in-name-only race have attended.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday asked that a liberal state Supreme Court justice step aside in a pending case that seeks to overturn a 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most state workers.