Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court decries Musk's involvement in race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic-backed candidate in a race that will determine whether liberals maintain their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court decried Elon Musk’s involvement, saying Tuesday that the world’s wealthiest man was “trying to buy a seat on our Supreme Court.”
A political action committee created by Musk, a close adviser to President Donald Trump, has spent $1 million on the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest so far. A conservative nonprofit that Musk has contributed to in the past, Building America’s Future, has spent $1.6 million on television ads attacking the liberal candidate.
Musk is backing Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County judge who previously served as the state’s attorney general and is a longtime Trump supporter. Schimel attended Trump’s inauguration last month.
Schimel faces Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who is backed by the Wisconsin Democratic Party and Democratic megadonors including philanthropist George Soros.
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-trump-elon-musk-82c825c898b9dfddf18f83748da45511
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