When it comes to the 2026 spring Wisconsin Supreme Court race, at least one dynamic is likely to be strikingly different from the 2025 court campaign: spending by Donald Trump ally Elon Musk.

The 2023 and 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court races broke spending records, becoming the most expensive judicial races in U.S. history.

Coincidentally, Musk’s announcement about spending less on political races came just hours after a liberal judge announced her candidacy for the 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court race.

MADISON - The spring's pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race fueled tension between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, new reporting shows. Musk, the world's richest man whom Trump tapped ...

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s retiring Supreme Court justice says she supports looking at every way to get money out of the races for the state’s highest court. Justice Ann Walsh Bradley ...

Elon Musk Says He’s Stopping Political Spending for ... a whopping $228 million on Donald Trump’s campaign. ... to back the Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race ...

Appeals court judge and former Democratic state Assembly member Chris Taylor announced Tuesday she’s running for a seat on the state Supreme Court in next year’s spring election. Taylor, who ...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Wisconsin-based Catholic charity in a case about religious tax exemptions, finding that the state engaged in unconstitutional 'unnecessary ...

A Wisconsin group filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, claiming he bribed voters by promoting two “million-dollar” giveaways during the state’s 2025 Supreme Court election. The lawsuit, from ...

Liberal judge Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race 01:53. A Wisconsin appeals court judge who was an outspoken supporter of abortion rights in the state Legislature announced Tuesday ...

Since joining the Trump administration as the head of DOGE -- and after going all-in on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race earlier this year and losing -- Musk's political involvement has dropped ...

A breakdown in negotiations over a tax cut and other spending measures in Wisconsin threatens to put the 2026 race for governor on hold. Gov. Toby Evers won't announce if he seeks a third term as ...