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  WI Supreme Court Justice - Appointment
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Parents > United States > Wisconsin > WI Supreme Court > Supreme Court Justice ('08)
OfficeState Supreme Court
HonorificState Supreme Court - Abbr: Justice
Type Appointment
Filing Deadline August 25, 2004 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open August 25, 2004 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Close August 25, 2004 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start August 25, 2004 - 12:00pm
Term End July 31, 2008 - 12:00pm
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedAshley February 27, 2013 12:20am
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Description Louis Butler, then a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, was nominated by Governor Jim Doyle to take the place of Diane Sykes, who resigned from the court to become a justice of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

With his appointment, Butler became the first African-American Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin history.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNonpartisan Won04/04/2000
NameDiane Schwerm Sykes Votes535,805 (65.59%)
Term07/31/2000 - 08/24/2004 Margin254,757 (+31.19%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyNonpartisan Won04/01/2008
NameMichael Gableman Votes425,101 (51.19%)
Term07/31/2008 - 07/31/2018 Margin22,303 (+2.69%)
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