Reilly, Congdon favored in Waukesha County Bar survey
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Waukesha — The Waukesha County Bar Association has weighed in on judicial contests in the April 6 election, with members polled on who they think is qualified or unqualified.
Among the 206 members ranking candidates as highly qualified, qualified or not qualified, or who stated no opinion, Paul Reilly and Richard Congdon far outranked their respective opponents as the most qualified judicial candidates.
In the race for Branch 2 Waukesha County Circuit Court judge, incumbent Congdon was described as highly qualified or qualified by 79% of members completing a survey. Another 6% described him as unqualified, and 15% had no opinion.
Congdon’s challenger, Republican state Rep. Mark Gundrum, was rated as highly qualified or qualified by 47%, and not qualified by 25%. Another 28% had no opinion.
The spread was even wider in the race for District 2 Court of Appeals, where two sitting circuit court judges are running. Paul Reilly received the highly qualified-qualified rating from 93% of those completing a survey. He was rated unqualified by 3%, and 4% stated no opinion.
His opponent, Linda Van De Water, was rated highly qualified or qualified by 36% of lawyers completing the survey and unqualified by 44.5%. Another 19.5% had no opinion.
Ballots were sent to 537 members and 206 were returned, though a handful of ballots were left blank, including the chance to check “no opinion.” The ballots were publicly opened and counted by members of the bar’s Judicial Qualification Committee.
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