2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Further information: David Prosser, Jr.In 2011, Lucey, although a Democrat, acted as David Prosser's campaign co-chairman. On March 31, 2011, he resigned from Prosser's campaign and endorsed JoAnne Kloppenburg, attributing his decision to Prosser's "disturbing distemper and lack of civility", while praising Kloppenburg for " throughout the campaign to even-handedness and non-partisanship and both promising judicial temperament and good grace, even in the heat of a fierce campaign."
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