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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler. File Photo by Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Conservative Justice
Annette Ziegler will be the next chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court after she was elected to job by her colleagues Wednesday.
Ziegler replaces outgoing Chief Justice
Patience Roggensack, a fellow conservative who did not seek reelection to the post but remains on the court.
Ziegler’s first day as chief justice will be May 1.
Roggensack was first elected chief justice in 2015 after Wisconsin voters approved a referendum changing the way Wisconsin picks its chief justice. Previously, they’d been chosen by seniority, but under a constitutional amendment narrowly approved by voters, future chief justices would be elected by their peers on the court.