Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump (R), and his son X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
MADISON, WI (WSAU) – President Donald Trump and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk have officially weighed in on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race after endorsing former state Attorney General on Friday night.
According to his post on Truth Social, the president is imploring voters to make a plan to support Schimel, saying, “Brad Schimel is running against Radical Left Liberal Susan Crawford, who has repeatedly given child molesters, rapists, women beaters, and domestic abusers “light” sentences. She is the handpicked voice of the Leftists who are out to destroy your State, and our Country – And if she wins, the Movement to restore our Nation will bypass Wisconsin. All Voters who believe in common sense should GET OUT TO VOTE EARLY for Brad Schimel.”
In a post of his own on X, Musk simply said, “Vote for Schimel in Wisconsin!”
When asked by WISN on Friday night about having the president’s endorsement, Schimel said, “He called me, and he knows about the race, and he knows that it’s important that we have the rule of law in Wisconsin.”
The latest model by Polymarket gives Dane County Judge Susan Crawford an 86% chance of winning the race after an internal poll from the Tyson Group working on behalf of Elon Musk’s Building America’s Future Group found that Crawford currently holds a five percentage point lead over Schimel while 10% of respondents remain undecided.
This comes just days after a new analysis of the candidate’s judicial record was conducted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to provide voters with more clarity before they vote. According to the analysis, the former Wisconsin attorney general has a history of being tougher on sexual assault defendants than Judge Crawford, as Schimel has “generally sentenced those convicted of felony sexual assault to more time behind bars than Crawford. In the most serious category of felonies, his median prison sentence was more than twice what she handed down.”
When broken down by case, Schimel sentenced those charged with felony B sexual assault to ten years or more behind bars in line with prosecutor recommendations 67% of the time, while Crawford sentenced those charged with the same felony to four years behind bars, which was in line with prosecutor recommendations just 40% of the time. A felony B sexual assault conviction can carry up to 60 years in prison and extended supervision.
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