The $1 million comes on top of $1.5 million from another Elon Musk-backed group for TV ads in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race backing Brad Schimel.

While Wisconsin Supreme Court races are officially nonpartisan, the race has become increasingly polarized in recent years as the two major political parties continue to back their preferred candidate.

Any hope that Donald Trump may have that the conservative majority Supreme Court will give a thumbs-up to his makeover of the federal government and grant him unlimited power is fading by the day. That is according to former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori in his column for Politico where he claimed that,

Not satisfied with controlling the federal government, the shadow president’s political action committee is suddenly spending big on a crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

While Wisconsin Supreme Court races are officially nonpartisan, the race has become increasingly polarized in recent years as the two major political parties continue to back their preferred candidate.

A nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler joins Morning Joe to discuss.

Through a series of decisions, the Republican Justices set the stage for much of the chaos of the Trump Administration

Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford says Elon Musk is "buying off" her opponent but dismisses talks about her $1M donation from George Soros.

On the same day the Musk-funded ads started running in Wisconsin, the Republican majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a little-noticed decision that increases the likelihood that Republicans will overturn the election of Democratic State Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs—the last uncertified race from November 2024.

The Democratic-backed candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a race that will determine whether liberals maintain their majority is decrying Elon Musk’s involvement.

Schimel, as Wisconsin’s attorney general from 2015 to 2019, defended the state’s strict voter ID law in court and claimed it was a key reason why Trump won Wisconsin in 2016. He also sent Department of Justice staff to monitor polls in heavily Democratic areas in that election, which Democrats viewed as voter intimidation.