John — Now that Elon Musk has endorsed right-wing candidate Brad Schimel for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a PAC not-so-secretly funded by the billionaire is spending big to try to elect Schimel and flip control of the court to the conservatives: 

Politico: “A group with ties to Elon Musk is pouring more than $1 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race — a sign that even as Musk races to overhaul Washington, his influence extends beyond it.” 

We’ve endorsed Schimel’s opponent, Judge Susan Crawford, as one of our Democracy Defenders. And we need every member of this grassroots team to step up now, while there’s still time to make an impact on this bellwether race and elections across the country.

Rush a $30 donation today to help elect Democracy Defenders like Judge Crawford and power the NDRC’s democracy-saving work nationwide.

— NDRC Team

John, Elon Musk recently weighed in on the race that will decide control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. 

Musk took time away from his furious attempts to dismantle the federal government to throw his support behind conservative candidate Brad Schimel while spouting outlandish claims of voter fraud.

The NDRC is proud to have endorsed Judge Susan Crawford in this race — Musk’s endorsement of her opponent, and his reliance on anti-democratic claims of voter fraud, only reinforce that decision. 

Here’s why this development is concerning: There’s already so much money pouring into this race — now, the richest man in the world is getting involved to try to secure a majority for conservatives on Wisconsin’s highest court. 

The work we do together over the next 46 days just got so much more important.

Your donation today will help power all of the NDRC’s work, including these critical efforts to help elect our endorsed Democracy Defenders like Judge Crawford.

The stakes of this race are sky-high, but we know how to win in the Badger State. In 2023, our grassroots movement helped deliver a resounding win for democracy in Wisconsin’s state supreme court race. Voters elected now-Justice Janet Protasiewicz by a double-digit margin, making it clear that they’ve had enough of conservatives’ anti-democratic power grabs.

The New York Times is predicting this year’s race will be “a pitched political battle” — one that “is likely to be even more partisan, negative and expensive than the 2023 election, whose $56 million price tag shattered national spending records for a judicial contest.”

With a billionaire like Musk wading into races like this one, we can’t risk getting blown out of the water in spending. We’re counting on every member of this grassroots team to step up if you can. 

Rush a donation today to help elect Democracy Defenders like Judge Crawford, stop gerrymandering, and fight for fair electoral maps anywhere and everywhere we can.

More soon — thank you, 

—The NDRC team

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