{"id":2403562,"date":"2025-02-18T06:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-tied-group-buying-ads-for-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T06:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:14:54","slug":"musk-tied-group-buying-ads-for-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-tied-group-buying-ads-for-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk-tied group buying ads for Wisconsin Supreme Court race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-tied-group-buying-ads-for-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A political group associated with Elon Musk,\u2062 known\u200d as Building America\u2019s Future, is investing over $670,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-under-pressure-to-tank-biden-health-care-nominee\/\" title=\"Manchin Under Pressure to Tank Biden Health Care Nominee\">television advertisements<\/a> to support Brad Schimel, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/married-men-veterans-helped-propel-biden-to-victory-data-show\/\" title=\"Married Men, Veterans Helped Propel Biden To Victory, Data Show\">conservative candidate<\/a>\u200d for the Wisconsin\u200c Supreme court. this election, scheduled for April, is important \u2062as it could shift the current liberal \u2062majority on \u200bthe court, particularly with the\u200b retirement of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Schimel,\u200d who previously served as \u2062Wisconsin Attorney General, will face liberal Judge Susan Crawford. Musk,\u2063 who is an influential figure \u200cin Republican circles, emphasizes the importance of this election to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-state-senate-votes-35-18-to-mandate-voter-id-for-mail-in-ballots\/\" title=\"Ga. State Senate votes 35-18 to mandate voter ID for mail-in ballots\">prevent voting fraud<\/a>, expressing his views on social media.The\u200c election winner will serve a 10-year term, which could influence the balance of \u2063the court for future cases.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk-tied group buying ads for Wisconsin Supreme Court race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1993992\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A political group tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> is reportedly buying television advertisements in support of conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel in the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The April Wisconsin Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3300026\/wisconsin-voters-gear-up-for-another-high-stakes-state-supreme-court-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a> could tip the balance of the court, with liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley stepping down from her seat, and the court currently having a narrow liberal majority. The upcoming election will pit Schimel, the former Wisconsin Attorney General, against Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, a liberal.<\/p>\n<p>With the election weeks away, the <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <\/em>reports that Building America&rsquo;s Future, a group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/15\/us\/elections\/trump-money-building-americas-future.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backed<\/a> by Elon Musk, has purchased more than $670,000 in television advertisements supporting Schimel.<\/p>\n<p>The advertisements include $255,000 spent for the Milwaukee television market, $136,000 for the Madison television market, and $104,000 for the Green Bay television market, among other markets.<\/p>\n<p>Musk poured money into the group during the 2024 elections, as part of his efforts to support the candidacy of Donald Trump and other Republicans running for office.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO is now in the Trump White House as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, an agency with the objective to cut waste and fraud in the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Musk shared his opinion on the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race last month with a post on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very important to vote Republican for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to prevent voting fraud! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tB1qErm2cP\">https:\/\/t.co\/tB1qErm2cP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1882394525743927403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Very important to vote Republican for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to prevent voting fraud!&rdquo; Musk posted, referring to a post about the upcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the April 1 election will win a 10 year term, and comes ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">conservative justices<\/a> being up for election in 2026 and 2027. The race also comes two years after liberals were able to flip a seat on the court in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2023\/wispolitics-tracks-56-million-in-spending-on-wisconsin-supreme-court-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"costly\">costly<\/a> April 2023 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1993992\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1993992\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk-linked group buys ads for Wisconsin Supreme Court race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2403563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-dark-money-wisconsin.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50541,4250,33712],"class_list":["post-2403562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-group-buying","tag-musk","tag-wisconsin-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-dark-money-wisconsin.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403566,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403562\/revisions\/2403566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}