Know Your WI Supreme Court Candidates

Interview with candidate Maria Lazar, Tuesday, February 4, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

Location:  Harvey Hall Theater, 721 Third Street East, Menomonie, WI 54751.

Wisconsin voters will elect a new Supreme Court Justice on April 7, 2026, for a 10-year term. Two candidates have been announced: Judge Chris Taylor (Court of Appeals, District IV – Madison) and Judge Maria Lazar (Court of Appeals, District II – Waukesha).

Event co-sponsors are the Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at UW-Stout, Community Conversations of Northwest Wisconsin, and League of Women Voters-St. Croix Valley Chapter.

Candidate Chris Taylor is currently Judge of the WI Court of Appeals for District IV, based in Madison; and Maria Lazar is Judge of the WI Court of Appeals for District II, based in Waukesha. If other candidates emerge for the open position on the WI Supreme Court, we’ll invite them to interview as well.

Both events will be livestreamed by Eye on Dunn County, an online community news website:
Chris Taylor – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJeU1WjBUSU
Maria Lazar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGD4t6HuDEA

The link to register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepXZuaTGFcC0vTH4y63-qkmenUScDLS_XU7wRq45lWDLfjEw/viewform?pli=1

Parking is suggested at meters on the street, or in metered spaces in the City of Menomonie Lot 2, in the 300 block of Wilson Avenue by the AT&T Telephone building.
Please note that public parking in UW Stout lots is limited to pay-to-park areas only.