Elon Musk is set to hold a townhall event in Wisconsin’s Green Bay ahead of the Supreme Court election Tuesday. The high-stakes Supreme Court race is Elon Musk’s second chance to flex his growing political influence after the 2024 presidential election. Musk poured millions of dollars through his America PAC to support Brad Schimel over liberal candidate Susan Crawford.
Musk will attend an event naming the winners of million-dollar giveaways by his super PAC to reward petition signees, reprising a controversial tactic he used in last year’s election. He and groups he’s funded in the past have poured millions into the race.
Democratic donors have also opened their pockets in the race, including most notably George Soros and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, for their candidate.
Musk’s commitment to the Wisconsin contest amounts to a demonstration of the financial firepower he can bring to the 2026 midterms.
Ads for the liberal candidate, Judge Susan Crawford, have sought to tie the conservative candidate, Judge Brad Schimel, to potentially unpopular policies linked to the Trump administration, including the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Musk’s role in Trump’s sweeping federal government overhaul.
Schimel and his supporters, meanwhile, have leaned into tough-on-crime messaging and sharp criticism of some of Crawford’s rulings.
What is happening in Wisconsin? Why Elon Musk is so invested there
Elon Musk’s investment in Wisconsin is part of his political influence as he announced $1 million prize for voters for signing an online petition against activist judges. He said he would also give $1909 to anyone who signs the petition. Since this is straightaway bribing voters, Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has sued Elon Musk’s super PAC. A Wisconsin appellate court denied the AG’s request to stop Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters today.
This is the same thing he did ahead of the presidential election. he offered to pay $1 mulluon a day to voters in Wisconsin and six other battleground states who signed a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments. A judge in Pennsylvania said prosecutors failed to show the effort was an illegal lottery and allowed it to continue through Election Day.
