Elon Musk looks beyond Washington toward Wisconsin
Source: Politico
A group with ties to Elon Musk is pouring more than $1 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race — a sign that even as Musk races to overhaul Washington, his influence extends beyond it.
Musk has directly boosted the Republican-backed candidate in the Wisconsin race on his powerful X platform. And a Republican-aligned group, Building America’s Future, is spending at least $1.5 million in the state, with ads set to start running later this week. Musk has donated to the group in the past, and it has backed some of President Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks.
The new rush of money comes as Democrats put up strong performances in small-bore special elections since Trump took office. The high-stakes Wisconsin bellwether race will be the biggest test yet for both parties — and for Musk, who spent millions of dollars to help Trump win the election and is now looking to influence politics in the states. It’s officially a nonpartisan race, but the Supreme Court weighs in on major questions including redistricting, abortion and labor rights. Democrat-aligned Susan Crawford faces GOP-backed Brad Schimel, and the outcome will determine whether liberals or conservatives control the state’s highest court.
The spending already makes Building America’s Future the second-largest Republican-aligned spender in the race so far, behind Schimel’s campaign. A Building America’s Future spokesperson declined to comment. But the group has already begun throwing its weight around, backing some key parts of Trump’s agenda. It paid for digital ads in December pushing Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to support Pete Hegseth’s nomination for secretary of Defense, which she ultimately did.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-00204791
Ya think he's looking to influence midterms? (rhetorical)
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