W isconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel previously claimed it would be illegal for him to communicate or coordinate with Elon Musk, who has been financially backing effort

Schimel was backed by President Tr*mp and tech billionaire Elon Musk. The latter’s super PAC, America PAC, poured $12 million into promoting Schimel. Musk also attended a rally in Wisconsin on Sunday warning the election was a “big deal” that “might decide the future of America and Western Civilization.”

Musk spent over $25 million supporting GOP-backed Brad Schimel in the race against the Democrat's pick, Susan Crawford, and personally visited the state to support him, but analysts told Newsweek that the influx of money and influence from the White House "insulted" voters, and Crawford was elected.

President Donald Trump told his Cabinet last week that billionaire Elon Musk will leave his administration role in the coming months. Elon Musk was the biggest financial backer of Trump's 2024 campaign.

And his critics are overjoyed. Musk and Musk-aligned groups spent some $20 million to help conservative candidate Brad Schimel. Musk over the weekend claimed the outcome of the race “will be important for the future of civilization.

The outcome of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race is a setback for President Trump and his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk. Trump endorsed Brad Schimel in the final stretch of the race, while Musk injected himself into the center of it,

On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak — and give away two giant cardboard checks for $1 million. Attendance at the event was limited to people who had added their names to a petition against “activist judges,

Campaigning continues Monday for Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford — the two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court — ahead of Tuesday’s election. Billionaire business executive Elon Musk held a town hall meeting in Green Bay on Sunday night to help his favorite in the court contest — Schimel.