Elon Musk looks on during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Musk announced Wednesday night that a Green Bay man had been awarded $1 million for signing a petition from America PAC – which is funded by Musk – against "activist judges in Wisconsin."
Musk said the next million-dollar award would be announced Friday.
The payment is similar to a lottery that Musk’s political action committee ran last year in Wisconsin and other battleground states before the election in November.
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America PAC announced last week that it was offering $100 to voters who signed its petition. Musk did not say that there would be $1 million prizes at that time, nor was it clear who determined the winner of the $1 million or how it was done.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the Racine County Democratic Party headquarters. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The campaign for Schimel’s Democratic-supported opponent, Susan Crawford, has blasted Musk’s $1 million payment as a supposed illegal attempt to buy influence on the court in a state where Tesla, Musk’s electric car company, has a lawsuit pending that could end up before the court.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Nitzberg and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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