Elon Musk’s super PAC has spent $1 million on canvassing operations supporting the conservative candidate in the race, his first election spending after the 2024 campaign.

Schimel, as Wisconsin’s attorney general from 2015 to 2019, defended the state’s strict voter ID law in court and claimed it was a key reason why Trump won Wisconsin in 2016. He also sent Department of Justice staff to monitor the polls in heavily Democratic areas in that election, which Democrats viewed as voter intimidation.

The $1 million comes on top of $1.5 million from another Elon Musk-backed group for TV ads in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race backing Brad Schimel.

Not satisfied with massively remaking Washington, the tech mogul’s allies look to exert his influence in the states.

Elon Musk and Richard Uihlein — have spent $2.8 million on TV ads helping Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel.

Wisconsin Supreme Court election could tip the balance of the court, with liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley stepping down from her seat.

Building America’s Future, a political group backed by billionaire Elon Musk, is planning to spend $1.6 million on ads to help elect a conservative lawyer to the state supreme court to replace a retiring liberal justice.

Elon Musk is dipping back into campaign politics months after helping elect President Donald Trump. Musk’s America PAC has a $1 million canvassing operation in support of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel,