Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor, who pulled out of this week’s planned debate with kidney stones, has recovered enough to launch a tour of the state this weekend.
Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor, who forced the postponement of Wednesday’s debate after she was diagnosed with kidney stones, has apparently recovered enough to launch a statewide tour this weekend.
Taylor pulled out of the debate with conservative opponent Maria Lazar on Wednesday morning with her campaign citing an unspecified health ailment. That afternoon, the Taylor campaign clarified that she had been diagnosed with kidney stones and would be unable to participate in the debate that night.
It was rescheduled for Thursday, April 2nd–just five days before the Supreme Court election–and will still air on WISN-TV as scheduled but will not take place in front of a live audience.
After the postponement, Lazar wished Taylor well but noted that she once presented at a judicial conference shortly after being diagnosed with kidney stones.
“I had them way back when I was supposed to be teaching at a judicial seminar, and I’ll say that I actually took some medication, did my lunch, did my speech, did everything,” Lazar told The Dan O’Donnell Show. “The only thing I didn’t do is drive.”
Lazar stopped short of saying that Taylor should have taken part in Wednesday’s debate, but noted that a kidney stone diagnosis is rarely a sudden occurrence.
“It’s not something that sneaks up on you,” she said. “You pretty much know for a while, and I’m just saying that were things different (than my kidney stones situation)? I’m not going to say anything further than that,” Lazar said. “I’m just going to say what I’ve done in the past and we’ll leave it at that.”
Taylor’s campaign says she was cleared to return to campaigning on Sunday, when she will launch a tour of the state in the final week before the April 7th election.
