Musk poured a ton of money, time, and energy into this race
In particular, the race was seen as a test of Musk’s political sway, as his super PAC, America PAC, alone spent more than $12 million to support Schimel. He also traveled to Wisconsin the Sunday before the election, where he handed out $1 million checks to voters who had signed his petition against “activist judges.”
I live in Wisconsin. This morning was the busiest I’ve seen the voting locations, even beating 2024. I’m so relieved she won.
Funnily enough there was a guy who had a gigantic TRUMP 2024 sign out last year and suspiciously had…no sign out for Schimel. Lots of Crawford signs though.
Edit: Dane County (where Madison, the capitol is) had a nearly 70% turnout ON AN OFF YEAR. Absolutely insane!
In my country, that would mean 30% of the voting population would have to pay a fine (for not voting).
Such a low bar
That’s one of the things I noticed in my part of the state too (northwest). Lots of Crawford signs, few trump signs. That says a lot because we’re very red out here