A second former Democratic lawmaker could join the bench of the state’s highest court after state appeals court Judge Pedro Colón announced his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The announcement comes just over a week after Clark County Judge Lyndsey Boon Brunette announced her bid to replace retiring Justice Annette Ziegler, who said in March that she would not seek another term.

Colón represented Milwaukee in the state Assembly as a Democrat for more than a decade before being first appointed as a judge in Milwaukee County in 2010. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Colón to the state Court of Appeals in 2023.

Colón is following the path of newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Chris Taylor, who represented the Madison area in the state Assembly for a decade before her appointment as a Dane County circuit court judge in 2020. Taylor defeated conservative-backed candidate Maria Lazar in the spring election.

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