The cost of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which had already set the record for the most expensive state of the State Supreme Court in American history, had been crossing $ 90 million since Monday, according to a equality from the Brennan Center, Nestroans.
These $ 90 million includes over $ 40 million dollars spent by the liberal candidate, a Judge of Dane Susan Crawford and the groups that support it – and almost $ 50 million spent by the conservative candidate of the Wakesh Brad Shimel County and the groups that support him.
Elon Musk groups, the closest adviser to President Donald Trump and the owner of Tesla’s billionaire, have spent almost $ 20 million in the competition in support of Shimel. Musk America PAC has spent more than $ 12 million, while another group related to America has spent nearly $ 6 million.
District Court of the District Court of Dane Susan Crawford, a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, spoke to supporters during the suspension of the campaign at the Democratic Party headquarters of the Wowsha County, March 29, 2025, in Wowkesa, Wison. Milwaukee.
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Musk separately gave $ 2 million to the Wisconsin Republican Party, which supports Shimel.
Musk gave the competition as a “vote for which the party controls the House of Representatives” and implied “The Future of Civilization” was at risk. On Sunday, the technology billionaire also controversy for $ 1 million in the rally attendees in his recent efforts to support Shimel.
Elon Musk arrives for a mayoralty wearing a cheese hat at the KI congress center on March 30, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Crawford also received considerable support. Major liberal donors such as the Illinois government JB Pritzker and Democratic Donor George Soros gave money to the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, and the State Party donated about $ 2 million to Crawford.
According to Tally at Brennan Center, Crawford’s own campaign has spent more than $ 22 million; Schimel’s has spent over $ 11 million.
The non -profit organization says that the previous record for the Supreme Court of the State Supreme Court was in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election in 2023, when $ 56 million was spent.
The Wisconsin Capitol building, November 22, 2024, Madison, Wison.
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The high -profile election will be held on Tuesday and will help determine the ideological bending of the vessel, which is currently bending liberally, before potential cases on hot buttons such as redistribution and abortion rights.
As of Monday, about 644,000 people in Wisconsin voted early in person or by mail, according to the Wisconsin election committee.
