Democratic Party-backed Judge Susan Crawford won the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on Tuesday, narrowly preserving the liberal majority in the first battleground state election of President second term.
She beat conservative Repubican Brad Schimel after billionaire paid out $21 million (€19.4 million) to campaign for him, including some in a move that has been questioned over its legality.
“Today Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections and our Supreme Court,” Crawford said following her victory. “And Wisconsin stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.”
Cases regarding abortion rights and voter redistricting are likely to come before the court, and thus the election was seen as a proxy vote over national issues.
Crawford wins where Musk campaigned heavily
Crawford not only carried major cities, which tend to lean , but also some rural areas where Musk’s political action committee America PAC committed significant resources.
This included Sauk County, which Crawford won by 10 points despite being carried by Trump during the presidential election last November.
In Brown County, where Musk held a rally on Sunday, Schimel also lost.
Democratic groups expressed outrage at Musk’s intervention, voicing concern that if it worked in Wisconsin, he would try it elsewhere. At the time, the state Supreme Court declined to rule on his actions over a technicality.
Edited by: Wesley Dockery
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