Soros-Backed Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Wins Seat in Most Expensive State Supreme Court Race in History

In a disappointing result, the Soros-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Susan Crawford easily fended off her Republican opponent, former Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel, 55%-45%. As such, the liberals are keeping with 4-3 majority on Wisconsin’s highest court.

The race was  the most expensive state Supreme Court race in U.S. history with spending exceeding $90 million, according to a tally by the Brennan Center for Justice. Groups connected to Elon Musk spent $17 million, much more than Soros’ $2 million. It tells you everything you need to know about how high the stakes are. 

It broke the previous record of $51 million for the state’s Supreme Court race in 2023, when another Soros-backed candidate, Janet Protasiewicz, was running (and won by 11 points). It was Protasiewicz’s victory that flipped the court. She outraised her opponent by over $10 million.

Much as made about this being a “George Soros vs. Elon Musk” race due to the Soros network backing Crawford, and Musk backing Schimel. Many sources incorrectly reported on her as being backed by George Soros when it’s actually Alex Soros running the show. And Crawford didn’t only have one billionaire backing her - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker donated heavily to her too. 

Amusingly, the Soros-backed Crawford has complained about Musk funding her opponent, and implied that it came just after Tesla sued Wisconsin for blocking its opening of new dealerships there, a clearly political move. It is currently not possible to buy a Cybertruck or Tesla Model Y in the state of Wisconsin. Even if she’s right, can you really blame Musk?

The stakes of the race are high when it comes to the balance of power in the House of Representatives. 

Protasiewicz has accused Wisconsin’s legislative maps of being gerrymandered in favor of Republicans, while a recent email inviting people to a Crawford campaign event advertised her winning as an opportunity to “put two more House seats in play for 2026” to shatter the fragile GOP house majority. Republicans currently hold six of the eight seats Wisconsin is given in the House of Representatives. 

Crawford has opposed voter ID, but what fortunately won’t matter as despite her victory, Wisconsinites did overwhelmingly support a ballot measure (63.1% in favor) adding voter ID to their state’s constitution.