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Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Race: Ben Wikler Discusses the Stakes and Elon Musk's Influence

Published | Video Starts at 10:05

And he has now put in, as of this moment, from what we can track $13.2 million into helping Brad Schimmel get elected. A state Supreme Court race, that's a lot of money. Yes. So He's put in more money than, as far as we can tell, any donor has ever put into any judicial election in American history into this race. And he is running TV ads that are all like, crime, crime, crime, general kind of fear mongering for stuff targeted to Republicans. (10:05–10:12)

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Asserts that Elon Musk's contribution is the largest ever for a judicial election in U.S. history.

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