Court of Appeals Judges Brian Hagedorn and Lisa Neubauer have both officially filed to run for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the April 2019 election. Hagedorn and Neubauer will compete to replace Justice Shirley Abrahamson, who announced in May she will not run for re-election after four terms on the bench. With just two candidates running, there will be no statewide primary in the nonpartisan race.

Gov. Scott Walker appointed Hagedorn to the Court of Appeals in 2015. Hagedorn previously served as chief legal counsel to Walker, assistant attorney general to J.B. Van Hollen, and clerk for recently retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. Hagedorn was president of the Federalist Society at Northwestern Law School.

Judge Neubauer has served on the Second District Court of Appeals in Waukesha since she was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle in 2007. She became chief judge in 2015. Prior to serving on the appeals court, Judge Neubauer was a partner at Foley & Lardner and clerked for U.S. Judge Barbara Crabb.