JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg is a judge for District IV of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She assumed office on August 1, 2012. Her current term ends on July 31, 2030.
Kloppenburg ran for re-election for the District IV judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on April 2, 2024.
Education
Kloppenburg earned her B.A. from Yale University in 1974 and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1988.[1] She also received an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1976.
Career
Kloppenburg served as an assistant attorney general with the Wisconsin Department of Justice starting in 1989. She interned for Justice Shirley Abrahamson as a law student and clerked for federal judge Barbara Crabb after graduation.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Wisconsin intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV
Incumbent JoAnne Kloppenburg won election in the general election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV on April 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | JoAnne Kloppenburg (Nonpartisan) | 98.9 | 260,384 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 2,806 | ||
| Total votes: 263,190 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent JoAnne Kloppenburg advanced from the primary for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kloppenburg in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV
Incumbent JoAnne Kloppenburg won election in the general election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JoAnne Kloppenburg (Nonpartisan) | 98.7 | 239,019 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 3,185 | ||
| Total votes: 242,204 | |||
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Selection method
The 16 judges of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals are elected in nonpartisan elections. They serve six-year terms. All judges must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving after their term expires.[3] In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement. If the vacancy occurs after that year's spring election and on or before December 1 of the same year, the appointee must stand for election in the next succeeding spring election in which no other judge from the same district is to be elected. If the vacancy occurs after December 1 but before the following spring's election, the appointee must stand for election in the next spring election—beginning with the second spring election from the time of the appointment—in which no other judge from the same district is to be elected.[3][4] The governor solicits recommendations from an Advisory Council on Judicial Selection in making his or her appointments, but is not required to choose one of the suggested appointees.[3][5]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:
- a qualified elector in the state; and
- licensed to practice law in the state for at least five years immediately prior to appointment or election to the court.[3]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the court of appeals is chosen by the supreme court to serve a three-year term.
2016
- See also: Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, 2016
On June 19, 2015, Kloppenburg announced plans to seek election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2016 election. Kloppenburg's announcement was followed by announcements from Joe Donald, Rebecca Bradley and Claude Covelli, who dropped out on December 22, 2015.[6][7][8][9]
Bradley and Kloppenburg defeated Donald in the February primary. Bradley then went on to defeat Kloppenburg on April 5, 2016. The race had the highest voter turnout for a supreme court race in Wisconsin state history, with over 1,900,000 votes cast.[10][11]
General election results
| Wisconsin Supreme Court, Rebecca Bradley's Seat, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rebecca Bradley Incumbent |
52.35% | 1,024,892 |
| JoAnne Kloppenburg | 47.47% | 929,377 |
| Write-in votes | 0.19% | 3,678 |
| Total Votes (100% Reporting) | 1,957,947 | |
| Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board Official Results | ||
Primary results
The primary election was held February 16, 2016.
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideology[12] | Candidate | Percentage | Votes | |
| Liberal | Martin Joseph Donald | 12.1% | 68,746 | |
| Liberal | JoAnne Kloppenburg |
43.2% | 244,729 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Bradley |
44.7% | 252,932 | |
| Vote Total: | 566,407 | |||
3474 of 3474 precincts reporting
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board Official Results
Endorsements
- Primary challenger Judge Joe Donald[13]
- Wisconsin Professional Police Association[14]
- Just Sayin' Community Blog at Germantown Now, written by Paul Adair[15]
- The Gazette[16]
- Wisconsin State Journal[17]
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley[18]
2012
- See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2012
Kloppenburg ran unopposed, winning the election for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV.[19]
2011
- See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2011
Kloppenburg ran for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the Spring 2011 election, held on April 5, 2011. Her opponent was incumbent David Prosser. In the primary election, Kloppenburg won 25.2 percent of the vote, coming in second out of four candidates.[20] On April 6, 2011, Kloppenburg declared victory. On May 20, 2011, following a recount, it was concluded that Prosser defeated Kloppenburg by 7,006 votes.[21]
She said she was "running because people asked me to and there's a sense among a lot of folks in the state that the court has been losing people's confidence and its independence and impartiality, and that I would run a campaign and be the kind of justice that would restore that confidence."[2]
Campaign statement
- See: Green Bay Press Gazette, "Guest column: Imperative to have elections free of big money, impartial justices," February 10, 2011
- And: Baraboo News Republic, "Wisconisn Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg points to impartiality," March 21, 2011
Public financing
Kloppenburg, along with primary candidate Joel Winnig and incumbent David T. Prosser, received public financing for their 2011 election campaigns under a Wisconsin law. The fourth primary candidate, Marla J. Stephens, declined to seek public financing.[22]
Allegations of partisanship
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Although judicial elections in Wisconsin are nonpartisan, both Prosser and opponent Kloppenburg accused the other of political leanings. Prosser suggested, "There are some people who support my opponent who want the court involved in legislative reapportionment."[23] Kloppenburg stated, "Justice Prosser has sent a clear message that he will favor the agenda of Gov. Walker and the Republican Legislature. I will apply the law to the facts of the cases before me and decide them without prejudice."[23] Prosser contended that he was "not a rubber stamp for the governor."[24]
Endorsements
- The Wausau Daily Herald endorsed both Prosser and Kloppenburg for the primary.[25]
- Former Democratic Governor Patrick J. Lucey has withdrawn support for Prosser and is backing Kloppenburg as of March 31, 2011.[26]
- The Capitol Times endorsed Kloppenburg for the general election.[27]
- Progressive lobbying organization the Greater Wisconsin Committee ran ads criticizing Prosser. [28]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016
The Capital Times interviewed the three candidates for state supreme court justice in February 2016. Kloppenburg emphasized her experience as an appellate court judge: "I have issued hundreds of written decisions. Rebecca Bradley has issued several. Joe Donald has never written an appellate decision." She also took aim at incumbent Justice Bradley for her ties to the Republican Party. Kloppenburg said that Bradley was too closely aligned to Governor Scott Walker and that her other opponent, Joe Donald, supported Bradley in the past. She concluded by saying,
| “ | There is no other candidate in this race who matches the breadth and depth of my judicial and legal experience. There is no other candidate who matches my ability to reach out, statewide, and build the strong, grassroots network it takes to win this race. I am the only candidate in this race who has both the background and the backbone to win this campaign and to stand up, as a justice on our Supreme Court, to the partisan politics and unregulated special interests that have no place on the court.[29][30] | ” |
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV |
Footnotes
- ↑ Martindale, "JoAnne Kloppenburg - Lawyer Profile," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Post Crescent "Four vie for seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court," February 6, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Wisconsin," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Statutes, Chapter 8.50(4)(f)," accessed December 16 2016
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "Walker's approach to the judiciary," September 21, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcrooks - ↑ WSAU, "Candidates line-up to replace retiring Supreme Court justice," September 18, 2015
- ↑ Molly Beck, Wisconsin State Journal, "GOP seeking signatures on behalf of Rebecca Bradley," December 2, 2015
- ↑ Daily Journal, "Madison attorney Claude Covelli drops out of state Supreme Court race," December 22, 2015
- ↑ AP, "Wisconsin Summary Vote Results," accessed April 6, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Election Results," accessed April 6, 2016
- ↑ This is a nonpartisan election, but where possible Ballotpedia draws on endorsements, court decisions, and other data to infer ideological affiliation.
- ↑ The Chippewa Herald, "Primary loser to endorse Kloppenburg for Supreme Court," February 23, 2016
- ↑ Fox 6 Now, "Supreme Court race: Wisconsin police association endorses Kloppenburg," February 24, 2016
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Our Views: Experience tips endorsement nod in favor of Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg," March 31, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "OUR ENDORSEMENT: JoAnne Kloppenburg experienced, thoughtful," April 3, 2016
- ↑ Watchdog.org, "Retiring Indiana Supreme Court Justice Brent Dickson will hear his final arguments this month in the same Indiana court that housed the state's original Supreme Court," April 4, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2012 Spring Election Candidates," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Examiner, "Unofficial results for Wis. Supreme Court Primary," February 15, 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedrecount - ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Three Supreme Court candidates will get public funding," January 13, 2011
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Waukesha Patch, "Supreme Court Candidates Get Political in Waukesha Forum," March 10, 2011
- ↑ Beloit Daily News, "David Prosser aims for re-election," March 18, 2011
- ↑ Wausau Daily Herald, "IN THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS We endorse ...," February 7, 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Lucey resigns as honorary co-chair of Prosser campaign," March 31, 2011
- ↑ The Capitol Times, "Put independent Kloppenburg on court," March 16, 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All Politics Blog. "Prosser earns endorsements from former justices," March 22, 2011
- ↑ The Capital Times, "Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg: I have background and backbone a justice needs," accessed February 13, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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