Why Elon Musk cares so much about a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

为什么埃隆·马斯克如此关注威斯康星州最高法院的一个席位

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2025-04-01

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Elon Musk, an adviser to President Donald Trump and Tesla’s CEO, is pouring millions into a state judicial race that’s shaping up to be the most expensive in U.S. history. What do he – and Trump – get out of it?
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  • On Tuesday,

  • Wisconsin voters will go to the polls for one of the first major electoral contests

  • since the 2024 presidential election.

  • The race is for an open seat on the state Supreme Court.

  • But the most talked about person in that race isn't one of the candidates.

  • The race is being seen by many as a proxy battle over the Trump.

  • Administration and Elon Musk.

  • Elon Musk.

  • Elon Musk.

  • Both Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates have sparred over Elon Musk's role in the campaign.

  • That's right.

  • The Trump advisor and Tesla CEO has been campaigning for the conservative judicial candidate,

  • Brad Schimmel.

  • Musk's super PAC is spending big on the race,

  • and he used his social media platform X to urge voters to support his pick for the court.

  • Reach out to your friends and family in Wisconsin.

  • You know, educate them as to the importance of this, of this, this race,

  • which might not seem important, but it's actually really important,

  • and it could decide the fate of the country.

  • On the other side, Democrats are hoping that voters will be turned off by Musk's involvement.