The Democratic Party‘s state campaign wing is putting its focus on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, hoping to counter Republican attempts to flip the key swing seat up for election in April. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee announced Tuesday that this year’s state Supreme Court elections in both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are key priorities after

sk has set his sights on another questionable goal: electing Brad Schimel to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. “Very important to vote Republican for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to prevent voting fraud!” Musk posted last month on X, which he owns, along with everything else.

Conservatives in Wisconsin need to win a state supreme court election to prevent Scott Walker’s Act 10 union reforms from being overturned. Don’t worry, you did not mistakenly click on an editorial from 2011,

A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country’s most important presidential battleground states.

The five-page complaint alleged that Schimel’s campaign did not disclose the use of artificial intelligence, potentially violating a new Wisconsin law requiring the disclosure of the use of AI. Schimel's team has said the photo was "edited" but not using AI.

Schimel, as Wisconsin’s attorney general from 2015 to 2019, defended the state’s strict voter ID law in court and claimed it was a key reason why Trump won Wisconsin in 2016. He also sent Department of Justice staff to monitor the polls in heavily Democratic areas in that election, which Democrats viewed as voter intimidation.

Elon Musk’s super PAC has spent $1 million on canvassing operations supporting the conservative candidate in the race, his first election spending after the 2024 campaign.