MADISON - Wisconsin
Supreme Court candidates Rebecca Dallett and Michael Screnock will
discuss issues central to their campaigns for a seat on the state’s
highest court in a debate that be will be broadcast statewide 7 p.m.
Friday, March 30.
Live from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the 2018
State Supreme Court Debate will be broadcast on Wisconsin Public
Television (WPT) and Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), and streamed online
at wpt.org, wpr.org and WisconsinVote.org. The debate is presented by the partnership of Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio.
The
debate will occur less than one week before the general election on
Tuesday, April 3 that will decide whether Dallett, a judge for the
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, or Screnock, a justice on the Sauk
County Circuit Court, will win a 10-year term on the Supreme Court. The
seat is currently held by Justice Michael Gableman, who was first
elected in 2008 and is not running for re-election.
WPT's Frederica Freyberg and WPR’s Shawn Johnson will moderate the debate.
The 2018 State Supreme Court Debate is part of the partnerships’ yearlong 2018 WisconsinVote.org election coverage. WPT and WPR are services of the Educational Communications Board and University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Wisconsin Public Television is a place to grow through learning on WHA-TV, Madison; WPNE-TV, Green Bay; WHRM-TV, Wausau; WLEF-TV, Park Falls; WHLA- TV, La Crosse; and WHWC-TV, Menomonie-Eau Claire.
