The billionaires have backed opposing candidates to fill the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s vacant seat.
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ThebillionaireshavebackedopposingcandidatestofilltheWisconsinSupremeCourt’svacantseat.
EarlyvotinginWisconsin’scontentiousstateSupremeCourtelectionbeganonMarch18,thrustingthetwocandidatesandtheirbillionairebackersintothespotlight.
ThecontestisbetweenDemocrat-preferredDaneCountyCircuitJudgeSusanCrawfordandtheRepublican-backedWaukeshaCountyCircuitJudge BradSchimel,aformerattorneygeneral.
TheWisconsinSupremeCourtgaineditsfirstliberalmajorityin15yearsin2023.Sincethen,thecourthastossedRepublican-drawnlegislativemapsandoverturnedarulingthateffectivelybannedabsentee-ballotdropboxes.
TheApril1electionwilldecidewhetherthecourtcontinuesitsleftwardleanorflipsbacktoaconservativemajority,anddonationsfrombillionairesElonMusk,GeorgeSoros,andIllinoisGov.J.B.Pritzkerhavepouredintoinfluencetherace.
GroupsfundedbyMuskdonatedmorethan$11milliontobenefitSchimel’scampaign,whileCrawfordbenefitedfrom$1.5millio
