Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel has supported Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law but also says voters should decide abortion questions.

MILWAUKEE - It's arguably the most impactful Wisconsin election of 2025. With majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court up for grabs in April, candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel met with supporters this week.

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.

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.

A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the political direction of the highest court in one of the country’s most important presidential battleground states.

Billionaires and political donors pour millions into Wisconsin Supreme Court race ahead of April 1 election. The contest between conservative candidate Brad Schimel and Democratic-backed Susan Crawford has attracted significant out-of-state funding,

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,