The Democratic National Committee (DNC) began purchasing its first ads on Friday, targeting Elon Musk and the millions he injected into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, previewing what could be a broader strategy for the party going forward.
The DNC ad, scheduled for Tuesday in seven local Wisconsin newspapers, aimed at $19 million in musk, and his associated PAC spent on behalf of conservative candidate Brad Schemmel on behalf of conservative candidate Brad Schemmel in the High Stakes Supreme Court election to decide whether the court will maintain its current 4-3 liberal majority.
“The Musk threatened Medicare and ruined Social Security Services, but now he believes he can buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” DNC Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement Friday. “So today, the DNC is out in the first paid media that explicitly calls for masks for his attempts to interfere in the Wisconsin election.”
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Photos from a DNC ad targeting Elon Musk ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court competition. The ad will run in seven newspapers ahead of the April 1st, 2025 election. (Democratic National Committee)
DNC officials told Fox News Digital that the ads will run in seven local newspapers across the state. The Chippewa Herald, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, Beloit Daily News, Daily Jefferson County Union, Janesville Gazette, Watertown Daily Times, Oshkosh Northwestern – Wisconsin is not for sale.
“The Wisconsinists are not super-rich, they deserve Supreme Court judges looking for them,” Martin said. “Now and forever, Wisconsin is not on sale.”
Wisconsin's closely monitored state Supreme Court is already the most expensive judicial election in US history, far surpassing the $56 million spent on competition for the state Supreme Court just two years ago, according to figures compiled by the Center for Brennan Center for Justice.
Musk's two super PACs spent over $17 million on behalf of Shimel, but Musk personally donated $3 million to the Wisconsin Republicans earlier this year. This is the funds that can be used for Shimel's campaign.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Brad Simel and Susan Crawford will be seen before a debate that aired televised in Milwaukee on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
President Donald Trump and Musk threw weight behind the conservative candidate Shimmel. “A major impact on the country's future. ”
“I know you feel it's local, but that's not,” Trump said, “the whole country is watching.”
Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama and other prominent Democrats are throwing weight behind Susan Crawford, the current Dane County Circuit Judge who attracted more than $25 million ahead of the race.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Susan Crawford greets supporters during the March 23rd, 2025 campaign at the Racine County Democratic Headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Democrats view it as a basis for fertile evidence to test attacks on masks, maintaining Wisconsin's key state Supreme Court seat and preparing for the 2026 medium-term elections.
The effectiveness of the advertising campaign in Wisconsin, which narrowly elected Trump in both the 2016 and 2024 presidential contests, has yet to be seen.
But that can make masks as Democrats struggle to combine unified messages in the aftermath of the 2024 election.
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This is also the number of votes in Wisconsin. 53% Wisconsin voters said A survey by Marquette University Law School said earlier this month that Doge was slightly lower than the programmes required by law.
A 59% majority said Trump's frozen spending and federal agencies shutdowns exceed his government's authority.
