Incumbent
Wisconsin Supreme Court winner?
$138.1K
APR 14, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleJudge
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age54 years old (Aug 2, 1971)
GenderFemale
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LocationWisconsin
BackgroundAttorney
EducationMarquette University — B.S. (honors) in Business Administration and Business Economics (1993)
Notable personal detailsRebecca Lynn Grassl Bradley is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since 2015, after appointment by Gov. Scott Walker and subsequent election to a full term in 2016. Before joining the state’s highest court, she served as a judge on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. She earned a B.S. with honors in Business Administration and Business Economics from Marquette University and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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Positions
Healthcare
Justice Rebecca Bradley has issued opinions and dissents that reflect a conservative approach to health policy, including dissenting against court rulings that preserved abortion access and joining opinions limiting broad executive public-health mandates. Her judicial record shows skepticism of expansive public-health powers and opposition to certain reproductive-health protections.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Rebecca Bradley has expressed strongly anti-abortion views and has dissented from court decisions that preserved or expanded abortion access in Wisconsin. Her past public writings and judicial dissents have characterized abortion in terms consistent with opposition to reproductive-health access and critiqued court majorities that ruled to allow abortions under modern law.
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Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports Second Amendment rights and has emphasized protecting law‑abiding gun owners from what she describes as unnecessary or unconstitutional restrictions. She has received endorsement from the NRA, is a gun owner with a concealed‑weapons permit, and in at least one court opinion favored a broader interpretation of Second Amendment protections.
News
Rebecca Bradley is in the news because the Wisconsin Supreme Court seat she left open was decided in the April 7 election. Chris Taylor won the race, which expands the court’s liberal majority from 4-3 to 5-2. Bradley did not seek reelection, and the contest drew attention because it could shape future rulings on abortion, voting rules, and redistricting.
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