Elon Musk reacts to losing Wisconsin Supreme Court election
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Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek's National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and Sydney. She is a graduate of University College London. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing k.rahman@newsweek.com
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Elon Musk has reacted to Judge Susan Crawford defeating conservative-backed candidate Brad Schimel for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
"The long con of the left is corruption of the judiciary," he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, early Wednesday.
Musk and groups he backed spent more than $21 million in an effort to defeat Crawford. He also traveled to Wisconsin two days before the election to hand over $1 million checks to two voters.
Crawford's win preserves a narrow liberal majority on the court, which will likely decide cases on abortion, voting rules and congressional district boundaries in the coming years.
Despite Crawford's win, Musk celebrated Wisconsin voters for approving a voter ID referendum, which he said was the "most important thing."
Musk had repeatedly emphasized the stakes of the state Supreme Court race prior to the vote, saying that it could determine "the future of civilization."
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