Close Supreme Court primary could lead to bigger battle in April

Noted: Unofficial returns show Justice Rebecca Bradley winning the three-way primary by only about 1.5 percent, with Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg just behind her. UW-Madison political scientist Barry Burden says it was a surprising outcome, given the fact that the incumbent Bradley’s name has been much more visible to voters in the weeks leading up to the election. “I would have thought her advantage would have been greater…but it ended essentially in a tie,” he says.