Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election was billionaire .
Musk and his affiliated groups sunk at least $21 million into the normally low-profile race and paid three individual voters $1 million each for signing a petition in an effort to in the pivotal battleground state contest. That made the race the first major test of the political impact of Musk, whose prominence in President Donald Trump's administration has skyrocketed with his chaotic initiative that has slashed federal agencies.
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