Benjamin tells forum how he used McGraw's 'looking for ugly' speech: Justice also claims his opponents spread talk that his last name was 'not Christian sounding'

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State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin credits a hard-to-forget speech made by his Democrat opponent for his election win in2004.

Incumbent Warren McGraw was his own worst enemy in that race,Benjamin said.

"I think his biggest mistake, and it's certainly the one, I thinkfrom talking to people around the state, that lost him the election,was a speech that he gave on Labor Day at Racine," Benjamin told anaudience gathered at the National Press Club in Washington to discussmudslinging in judicial elections.

One of the sponsors of the event, the Annenberg Public PolicyCenter, released a transcript of Benjamin's comments …