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Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it 'corrupt'

Elon Musk leaves after meeting with Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Elon Musk leaves after meeting with Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

MADISON, WI (AP)— Billionaire Elon Musk says a Wisconsin voter has been awarded $1 million just days before the conclusion of a fiercely contested state Supreme Court election that's broken spending records.

He announced the payment to a Green Bay man on Wednesday night on his social media platform X.

Tuesday’s upcoming election will determine whether the court will remain under 4-3 liberal control or flip to a conservative majority. A spokesman for the Democratic-backed candidate called the payment “corrupt" and “disgraceful to our state and judiciary,”

The race has become a referendum on Musk and the first months of President Donald Trump’s administration.

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