Schimel, the state’s former Republican attorney general, is embracing politics in ways the last conservative who ran for the court did not. He’s accepting money from the state Republican Party, getting help from Elon Musk and has presented the stakes of the race in more than just legal terms, framing it as part of a battle between good and evil.

The candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court debate for the first and only time Wednesday night, less than three weeks out from the election.