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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Scott Bauer

Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court decries Musk's involvement in race

Wisconsin Susan Crawford - (AP)

The Democratic-backed candidate in a race that will determine whether liberals maintain their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court decried Elon Musk's involvement, saying Tuesday that the world's wealthiest man was “trying to buy a seat on our Supreme Court."

A political action committee created by Musk, a close adviser to President Donald Trump, has spent $1 million on the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest so far. A conservative nonprofit that Musk has contributed to in the past, Building America's Future, has spent $1.6 million on television ads attacking the liberal candidate.

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