The former Green Bay Packers star -quarterback Brett Favre threw his support behind Brad Schimel during the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Favre urged the residents of Wisconsin to vote for the referee on April 1st.
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Hall of Fame -quarterback Brett Favre warms up before the game between southern Miss Golden Eagles and Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at MM Robert’s Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, September 8, 2018. (Chuck Cook -usa Today Sports)
“The future of Wisconsin is at stake here,” Favre said. “This is as important as the election in November and it was for the soul of America. This is for the soul of Wisconsin.
“Your voice for Brad Schimel will keep Wisconsin and America win. And you know I know a little about something about winning. When people like you votes win America and Wisconsin.”
Favre approved Donald Trump to president during the campaign cycle in 2024. He also spoke at a rally for Trump when the Republican held a demonstration in the state.
Schimel is a former Wisconsin Attorney General and currently serves as a judge of Waukesha County. Republicans have warned that Schimel’s opponent, Dane County’s Susan Crawford, a liberal considered the Democrats’ favorite candidate, could support the efforts to “pull” two US house Republicans into future redistricting cards.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford before a TV debate on March 12, 2025 in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Republicans have labeled Crawford as “dangerous liberal”, with reference to the support of billionaire George Soros, the Minnesota government Tim Walz, as well as activist groups that support gender transition operations for minors and allow biological men to compete in women’s sports.
A source familiar with the race warned of Crawford’s candidacy as part of an ongoing “radical” shift in Wisconsin – both with liberal justice Janet Protasiewicz’s similarly disputed elections in 2023 and head of government Tony Evers’ steps to replace “mother” in the state budget seen by times with “inseminated person.”
Republicans also accused Crawford of signaling a willingness to “legislate from the bench”, referring to her previous role in challenging the state’s voter -id -law and her performance at a January event hosting a liberal donor group aiming to look at reps. Bryan Steel from Janesville and Derrick van Orden from Prairie du Chien.
Brad Schimel, lawyer for Wisconsin, speaks during a campaign management at Weldall Manufacturing in Waukesha on November 5, 2018. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump approved Schimel in a post about truth social on Sunday.
