A race for an open seat on Wisconsin's top court will be an early test of the Trump administration's popularity in a political swing state, with more than $17 million spent by groups tied to Elon Musk helping shatter election spending records.

A high-stakes election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court has become the most expensive judicial election in American history, but not without controversy.

Yes. The previous record was held by Citizens for Judicial Fairness, which spent a total of $11.4 million in the 2020 and 2022 Illinois court races.