Musk Money Overshadows Wisconsin Court Vote

Susan Crawford is the liberal candidate for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but tech titan Elon Musk is piling money into the conservative bid to stop her (Credit: AFP)

An election to choose a new supreme court judge in the northern US state of Wisconsin wouldn't usually make much noise.

But when the world's richest man took an interest in the race, people began to notice, and protests on Sunday drew crowds.