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The Economist
The Economist
31 Mar 2025


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United States | The DOGE election

Will Elon Musk’s cash splash pay off in Wisconsin?

A judicial race has become a referendum on the billionaire’s behaviour

|KENOSHA, WISCONSIN

TO GET A sense of what the Republican Party thinks of the electoral value of Elon Musk, listen to what Brad Schimel, a conservative candidate for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, has to say about the billionaire. At an event on March 29th at an airsoft range (a more serious version of paintball) just outside Kenosha, five speakers, including Mr Schimel, spoke for over an hour about the importance of the election to the Republican cause. Mr Musk’s political action committees (PACs) have poured over $20m into the race, far more than any other donor’s. But over the course of the event, his name came up precisely zero times.

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