In a significant Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Judge Susan Crawford defeated conservative Brad Schimel, ensuring a narrow liberal majority. Elon Musk's involvement in the race, with over $21 million spent and individual payments to voters, became a central theme. Critics argued that Musk was attempting to "buy" the election, making it the costliest judicial race in history. Crawford's victory speech emphasized a rejection of such external influences on democracy, highlighting the election's potential implications for future legal battles over voting rights and redistricting in a pivotal state for upcoming elections.
Crawford and the Democrats who backed her made Musk the focus of their arguments for holding the seat, contending he was "buying" the election, which set records for the costliest judicial race in history.
Today Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court," Crawford said in her victory speech. "And Wisconsin stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.
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