With abortion ban likely, Wisconsin's midterm elections already taking on a new form

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Beginning only moments after Politico broke the news, candidates on both sides made clear that the potential undoing of the Supreme Court's 50-year hold on Wisconsin's abortion ban would create a renewed sense of urgency and dramatically change the messaging candidates use to convince voters that their views and policies surrounding abortion are best fit for office.

The key detail ramping up energy on both sides: By the time November's gubernatorial and senatorial elections are settled, abortion is likely to be illegal in Wisconsin for the first time in 50 years.

As Republicans praised the leaked preliminary opinion while deriding the leak, Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate candidates deemed themselves essential in the fight against Republicans' bid to ban abortion nationwide. They also made clear that they would vote to ensure women’s rights to obtain abortions nationwide — and do away with the filibuster while they’re at it.

"If the Supreme Court ruling becomes our reality, it will be up to elected officials to make that decision about women's health care and women's reproductive justice," state Treasurer and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski said at a press conference Tuesday morning. "And we know Ron Johnson does not care about women's reproductive justice."