Wisconsin, Elon Musk and Supreme Court
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Crawford defeated Brad Schimel, who received unprecedented financial support from Elon Musk and an endorsement from President Donald Trump.
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Wisconsin voters on Tuesday delivered Democrats their biggest jolt since President Donald Trump returned to power, handing liberals a state Supreme Court majority and defying Elon Musk’s record-shatte...
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Musk and groups affiliated with him spent more than $19 million in the state, including funding field operations and television advertisements.
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Susan Crawford defeated Republican-backed Brad Schimel in a race that has become a proxy fight for the nation’s political battles.
Elon Musk's super PAC poured more than $12 million into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.In the end, the liberal candidate, Judge Susan Crawford, defeated Judge Brad Schimel, a conservative.The loss is a blow for Musk,
Musk and his affiliated groups sunk at least $21 million into the normally low-profile race and paid three individual voters $1 million each for signing a petition in an effort to goose turnout in the pivotal battleground state contest.
President Trump won Wisconsin in 2024, carrying it by a margin of 0.86%. More than $90 million has been pumped into Tuesday's state judicial race.
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Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, CNN and NBC projected, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority in a setback for President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk,
Susan Crawford has won an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, securing the court’s liberal wing another two years in the majority.
A Marquette University Law School poll taken in late February also found that a majority of registered voters in Wisconsin support photo ID for voting, and separately, a majority of registered voters in Wisconsin said they would support the ballot initiative.