In Wisconsin, Elon Musk Is on the Ballot
His spending has shifted focus of the Supreme Court vote. Plus: 10 companies to watch this quarter.
Elon Musk arrived for Sunday’s event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, wearing a cheesehead hat.
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Tonight, political attention will shift to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, which is technically nonpartisan but will in reality determine whether the court maintains its 4-3 liberal majority or flips to conservative control. The candidates on the ballot are Judge Susan Crawford (liberal) and Judge Brad Schimel (conservative). But over the past several weeks, the contest has turned into a referendum on someone who’s neither a judge nor a Wisconsinite: Elon Musk.