Incumbent
Wisconsin Supreme Court winner?
$94.9K
APR 14, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleJudge
Political ideologyConservative Republican
GenderFemale
LocationWisconsin
BackgroundJudge
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EducationMount Mary College/University — B.A. History; minors in English & Political Science (1986)
Notable personal detailsMaria S. Lazar is a Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge (District II), elected in 2022, and previously served as a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge (elected 2015 and 2021). She worked for the Wisconsin Department of Justice as an assistant attorney general from 2010 to 2015 and practiced civil litigation privately from 1989 to 2010. She earned a B.A. in History from Mount Mary College/University (1986) and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1989).
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Positions
Healthcare
No clear, comprehensive public position on health care system policies (ACA, Medicare for All, public option, privatization) is available in campaign materials or news statements. Reporting and past record show she, as a Wisconsin assistant attorney general, defended state laws that restricted abortion access, but broader health‑policy positions are not articulated.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports maintaining Wisconsin’s current legal framework that allows abortion with a restriction after 20 weeks and emphasizes exceptions for medical emergencies; she says her personal views oppose abortion but that, as a judge, she will follow and not attempt to change the law.
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Public Safety & Guns
The candidate has a record of rulings described as supportive of Second Amendment rights and has been endorsed by law-enforcement groups, and her campaign emphasizes being tough on crime and supporting law-and-order approaches. Her campaign materials focus on judicial impartiality rather than proposing new gun restrictions.
News
Maria Lazar is the conservative candidate in Wisconsin’s April 7, 2026, Supreme Court race against liberal Judge Chris Taylor, a contest that could affect the court’s 4-3 liberal majority. Recent Marquette Law School polling shows Taylor with a small lead while roughly two-thirds of voters remain undecided. Taylor has also taken an early campaign advantage by launching the first TV ad and outraising Lazar by a wide margin ($3.4 million to $190,000).
Two-thirds of voters undecided in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
In the Supreme Court race between Taylor and Lazar, 'undecided' leads
Chris Taylor launches first Supreme Court ad with big funding edge
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