
Eric Holder, who served as lawyer normal of the US beneath President Barack Obama, will likely be campaigning in help of Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom candidate Susan Crawford, in keeping with the Nationwide Democratic Redistricting Committee, which Holder chairs.
Holder is among the many first main nationwide leaders to marketing campaign in help of Crawford.

Eric Holder attends Lambda Authorized Hosts 2024 Nationwide Liberty Awards, Might 30, 2024, in New York.
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“The struggle for our democracy is unfolding on the poll field in Wisconsin. This race is a alternative between a courtroom majority that’s honest, balanced, and pro-democracy, and one that’s anti-democracy, appearing as one other arm of an excessive right-wing agenda,” Holder mentioned in a press release to ABC Information.
“Choose Susan Crawford is the commonsense candidate Wisconsinites need and deserve on their state’s highest courtroom — somone who will comply with the info and the legislation as she evaluates the circumstances earlier than her,” he added.
Whereas the race is technically nonpartisan, Crawford is working with the help of Democrats, whereas her opponent, Brad Schimel, has the help of Republicans.

Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford take part in a debate, March 12, 2025, in Milwaukee.
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Redistricting, or the redrawing of congressional and legislative district maps primarily based on inhabitants information, is without doubt one of the points that has come up within the intently watched race as a result of the courtroom has beforehand handled redistricting circumstances.
In 2024, the courtroom dominated in favor of holding Wisconsin’s present congressional district map in place after beforehand rejecting legislative district maps.
Holder will likely be campaigning in help of Crawford on Monday in Madison, Wisconsin, and on Tuesday in Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom election is on April 1, and the competition for the seat of retiring Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is technically a nonpartisan race, although whoever wins the seat will assist decide the ideological bent of the courtroom — which at the moment leans liberal.