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Historic
Win:
Liberal
candidate
secures
Wisconsin
Supreme
Court
seat
amid
record-breaking
$100M
race
Li Haung
-
National-Politics
Tell Us
USA News
Network
MADISON,
WIS - A
liberal
candidate
secured
a
decisive
victory
in
Wisconsin’s
Supreme
Court
race on
Tuesday,
overcoming
a
massive
wave of
political
spending
from
tech
billionaire
Elon
Musk.
The
high-stakes
election,
widely
seen as
a
referendum
on Musk
and
former
President
Donald
Trump,
drew
national
attention.
The
Associated
Press
called
the race
just
over an
hour
after
polls
closed.
Musk and
his
affiliated
groups
funneled
more
than $20
million
into the
contest,
with
Musk
even
offering
cash
incentives
to
generate
interest.
Speaking
at a
rally in
Green
Bay,
Wisconsin,
he
portrayed
the
election
as
critical
to
Trump’s
agenda
and the
future
of
Western
civilization.
Despite
Musk’s
deep
pockets
and
dramatic
rhetoric,
the race
shattered
records
as the
most
expensive
court
election
in U.S.
history,
with
spending
surpassing
$100
million—nearly
double
the
previous
high and
on par
with
major
Senate
battles.
In the
end, his
efforts
fell
short.
Susan
Crawford,
a Dane
County
judge
and
former
chief
counsel
to a
Democratic
governor,
won the
open
seat,
ensuring
liberals
maintain
their
4-3
majority
on the
court.
She
defeated
Brad
Schimel,
a
Waukesha
County
judge
and
former
Republican
attorney
general
closely
aligned
with
Trump.
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