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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Items Come To A Quiet Close Tuesday

The "Justice" mosaic found in the Madison Capital building

In case you'd forgotten, tomorrow is election day in Wisconsin.  There are several items on ballots across the state, all of them involving the judiciary.

There are also a handful of local races in municipalities around Wisconsin.

But you'd be forgiven if you hadn't noticed the biggest race - that for Supreme Court justice. That's because the race between incumbent Ann Walsh Bradley, and Rock County Circuit Court Judge James Daley has been much lower-key than other such campaigns in past years.

News analyst and UrbanMilwaukee.com editor Bruce Murphy says there are a couple of key reasons why: