March 16, 2008, 7:43 p.m.
Andy, it's important to know that since judges are elected in WI, they're politicians. But unlike every other politician in the state, judges are subjected to the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits them from personally soliciting money for their campaigns. Can you imagine how difficult that must be to raise money for your campaign when you are personally prohibited from soliciting that money? Kinda hard to get your message out statewide when, as you stated, no one knows who the judges are anyway. TV airtime statewide is expensive and many judicial candidates don't have the funds to run any ads let alone ones touting their accomplishments. That's why these third party ads are flooding the airwaves. The judges aren't responsible for these ads, and one of the candidates has actually called for an end to all third party ads in the campaign. I'd ask you to reconsider not voting, do some research, and make a decision that you feel comfortable with. What may not seem like a big deal to you, is probably extremely important to the candidate who may be unemployed April 2nd.
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