Brad Schimel
Republican Brad Schimel was elected in 2006 as the district attorney in Waukesha County, which borders Milwaukee County. He was the GOP nominee for Wisconsin attorney general in the November 2014 election, and defeated Susan Happ to win the office. After he was defeated in November 2018, he was appointed a circuit court judge in Waukesha County.
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“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.
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"We need an ID" to "buy a beer."
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There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin.
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In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."
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"More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes."
"An overwhelming majority of Republican and Democrat law enforcement leaders have endorsed Brad Schimel."
Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."
Says attorney general candidate Jon Richards "went so far to say he would only enforce the laws with which he personally agreed."