Wisconsin's other court battle

Wisconsin voters will make two major choices on Tuesday that will affect the state’s highest court. One will fill a seat on the seven-person Wisconsin Supreme Court. The other will determine how the state selects the high court’s chief justice.

Although both issues are officially nonpartisan, the campaigns are attracting partisan dollars.

Here are the six things to know about Wisconsin’s election, which will immediately follow another kind of court battle — Monday night's NCAA men's national basketball championship game, which pits the University of Wisconsin against Duke University:

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This story is part of Who’s Calling the Shots in State Politics?. The Center exposes the powerful special interests that drive elections and policy in the states. Click here to read more stories in this blog.

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Copyright 2014 The Center for Public Integrity. This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.