4 days ago · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, employing a battleground state strategy it used last year against Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.. The ads are labeled as coming from a group called Progress 2028 ...

4 days ago · By Ali Swenson and Scott Bauer, AP. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, employing a battleground state strategy it used in 2024 against Democratic …

5 days ago · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats on Tuesday promised to “punch back” against Elon Musk in the race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, casting the election as a referendum on the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump.

4 days ago · The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is working to tie state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel to Elon Musk with an ad campaign titled the “People v. Musk.” The move comes as Musk’s prominence has grown in national politics for his role cutting government spending under President Donald Trump, and after groups backed by Musk have spent ...

Feb 24, 2025 · An attack ad launched by an Elon Musk-backed group targeting Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate running for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, labeled the Dane County Circuit Court judge as “wrong for Wisconsin.” But the ad running on social media includes a picture of Susan P ...

Feb 25, 2025 · MADISON, Wis. (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.”

Feb 20, 2025 · A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in the 2025 race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court with a $1.6 million purchase of television ads in support of Republican Party-backed candidate Brad Schimel.

Feb 15, 2025 · MADISON (WKOW) — People in Madison protested against Elon Musk and Tesla Saturday afternoon. Local demonstrators said they're against the reckless and damaging acts by the "unelected Elon Musk." Andy Olsen, who attended Saturday's protest, said there is a …

Feb 20, 2025 · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — 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.

3 days ago · MADISON, Wis. -- A group backed by billionaire Elon Musk is behind a set of deceptive attack ads and text messages targeting voters just weeks ahead of the election for a seat on Wisconsin’s ...