Elections in the USA. In Wisconsin, the Republican candidate loses. The judge won by Barack Obama won

The liberal judge Susan Crawford won the election of the Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin despite the record sum spent by Elon Musk on the campaign of her conservative competitor Brad Schimel. The billionaire and close associate of Donald Trump spent $ 20 million for this purpose.

After counting about 75 percent of votes, Crawford, supported, among others By former President Barack Obama, she ran a 55-45 percent advantage over the competitor and, according to the Decision Desk HQ analytical center, has a victory. In the November presidential election, Trump won Wisconsin with an advantage of less than a percentage point.

The election of a court judge in Wisconsin was the first general voting in this important election since the presidential election and attracted the extraordinary attention of the media and politicians. This happened, among others Due to the involvement of billionaire Elon Musk, who repeated his strategy from the presidential election and offered chosen voters of his candidate checks for a million dollars and $ 20 for the order to vote to friends.

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The billionaire spent $ 20 million on the campaign, while the sum of all campaign expenses exceeded 90 million, which made the racing the most expensive court elections in the history of the country. The president also announced his support for Schimel Donald Trump.

Even during the Sunday campaign rally in Green Bay Musk, he argued that the election “would decide the course of Western civilization.”

– I feel that it is from those things that may not seem to be supposed to affect the whole destiny of humanity, but I think it will be like that, “he said. He also indicated that the state Supreme Court In Wisconsin, he has a significant role in drawing a map of constituencies, which may be important in the elections to the Chamber of Representatives. As a result of the elections, liberal judges will maintain an advantage in a state court.

At the same time, in a state referendum, voters supported the initiative supported by Musk to enter in the state constitution the requirement to show an identity card when voting.

Elections in the USA

In other Tuesday elections, Republican candidates won in two supplementary elections to the House of Representatives in Florida, to fill vacancies after the former candidate for prosecutor general Mattta Gaetzie and after national security advisor Mike Waltz. Republican candidates – Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their races with a predominance of about 14 percentage points. Their advantage, however, was significantly smaller than the one that Gaetz and Waltz recorded in November, who won 33 and 30 points five months earlier. New Congressmen-Elekians also received Trump's support and support of groups financed by Musk.

“Both places in the Chamber in Florida were won by Republican candidates with a great advantage,” Trump announced in his social network Truth Social. “Trump's support, as always, turned out to be greater than the forces of evil democrats. Congratulations to America !!!” he added.