The ad includes a picture of Susan P. Crawford, a Harvard University law professor, and not Susan M. Crawford, who is running for a seat on the state's highest court.

A political action group tied to Elon Musk that has sought to influence Wisconsin’s high stakes Supreme Court election canceled a social media ad this week after it featured the wrong person. The ad by the group Building America’s Future attempted to attack Dane County Judge Susan Crawford,

Individual donors aren't allowed to give more than $20,000 to a Supreme Court candidate. But both Republicans and Democrats use a workaround to solicit bigger donations.

An Elon Musk-backed political group attacked the wrong Susan Crawford in a social media ad as part of its support of Brad Schimel

Schimel, as Wisconsin’s attorney general from 2015 to 2019, defended the state’s strict voter ID law in court and claimed it was a key reason why Trump won Wisconsin in 2016. He also sent Department of Justice staff to monitor the polls in heavily Democratic areas in that election, which Democrats viewed as voter intimidation.

In his first visit to Wisconsin as the new Democratic National Committee chair, Ken Martin, rallied with a group of Wisconsin Democrats ahead of the April 1 race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. "We've got to get out of the mindset that these aren't political anymore," Martin told the group.

Elon Musk is flexing his political muscle in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race in an effort to tip the scales in favor of the conservative candidate. The tech billionaire, who has emerged as a key force in President Trump’s administration as the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),