“Fight over Supreme Court chief justice nominee to take center stage”: Ken Dixon of The Connecticut Post has an article that begins, “The first battle of the 2018 election campaign will take place Monday when lawmakers consider the man who might become the first openly gay state Supreme Court chief justice in the United States. It’s shaping up to become a proxy fight, with conservative Republicans, including two gubernatorial hopefuls, importing Washington-style partisanship against Democrats and a disliked governor in his final year. The atmosphere has been heightened by homophobic internet attacks from fringe groups.”

“Political strategists: Don’t read too much into Wisconsin Supreme Court primary results.” Jessie Opoien of The Cap Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report.