Wisconsin recipient of $1m from Musk was active in Republican campaigning

Musk gives a check to Nicholas Jacobs during a rally in support of a conservative state supreme court candidate in Wisconsin. Photograph: Vincent Alban/Reuters

Archived social media posts from a student Republican operative, Nicholas Jacobs, who received a $1m check from Elon Musk, show that he was deeply immersed in Republican electioneering over the last year, working not only to elect Donald Trump but other party candidates in the state.

They included failed Wisconsin Republican senate candidate Eric Hovde; first-term congressman Tony Wied; incumbent Milwaukee Republican vice-chair Brett Galaszewski; and Brad Schimel, the state supreme court candidate whom Musk has spent $25m supporting.