Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel bring their political histories — and partisan backers —to the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court general election set to be held in April will determine ideological control of the court.

The event is just one of many partisan gatherings both candidates in the nonpartisan-in-name-only race have attended.

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday asked that a liberal state Supreme Court justice step aside in a pending case that seeks to overturn a 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most state workers.