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Elon Musk vows to hand out $1 million to 2 voters in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Headline from CBS News, on the newest of 3 developments

Billionaire Elon Musk says he plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to "personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race.

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  1. Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election

    Headline from La Crosse Tribune ·

  2. Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race

    Headline from WDIO Duluth ·

  3. Newest

    Elon Musk vows to hand out $1 million to 2 voters in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

    Headline from CBS News ·

2 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

28 articles, oldest first.

  1. MyNorthwest

    Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last

  2. Green Field Reporter

    Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges,” a move that comes two weeks before the state’s Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in ba…

  3. Salon

    Musk, trying to sway a Wisconsin Supreme Court election, offers voters $100 (opens Salon)

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    Salon's feed description

    The billionaire U.S. official is again offer voters cash, this time for agreeing with him on "activist judges"

  4. Fox News

    Musk PAC steps deeper into Wisconsin Supreme Court election with $100 offer to voters (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Elon Musk's America PAC offers Wisconsin registered voters $100 to sign petition opposing activist judges. The offer comes amid a Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

  5. Insider

    Elon Musk's PAC is giving $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of the state's Supreme Court race (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    Elon Musk's super PAC has spent millions of dollars on a Wisconsin Supreme Court race, the first major statewide campaign since Trump's election.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Trump and Musk go all-in on Wisconson Supreme Court race (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Wisconsin Democratic Party has been hosting town halls across the state called 'The People v. Musk.' The election is April 1.

  7. Forbes

    Elon Musk And Fellow Billionaires Are Spending Millions On This Wisconsin Court Race—Here’s Why (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Trump posted in support of candidate Brad Schimel Sunday, calling the race a “really big and important election.”

  8. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it 'corrupt' (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Billionaire Elon Musk says a Wisconsin voter has been awarded $1 million days before the conclusion of a fiercely contested state Supreme Court election that has broken spending records and become a referendum on Musk and the first months of President Donald Trump's administration.

  9. Green Field Reporter

    Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it 'corrupt' - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk says a Wisconsin voter has been awarded $1 million days before the conclusion of a fiercely contested state Supreme Court election that has broken spending records and become a referendum on Musk and the first months of President Donald Trump’s administrati…

  10. WDIO Duluth

    Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    A Wisconsin voter has been awarded $1 million from Elon Musk's political action committee, just days before the April 1 election.

  11. Fox News

    Elon Musk to give talk in Wisconsin ahead of closely watched state Supreme Court contest: 'Super important' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Elon Musk will be giving a talk to voters in Wisconsin this weekend ahead of the state’s highly anticipated state Supreme Court election.

  12. MyNorthwest

    Musk promises to go to Wisconsin to personally deliver $2 million to voters in Supreme Court race (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to “personally hand over” $2 million to a pair of voters who have

  13. CBS News

    Elon Musk vows to hand out $1 million to 2 voters in Wisconsin Supreme Court race (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Billionaire Elon Musk says he plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to "personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race.

  14. Time

    Musk Deletes Post Promising Money to Wisconsin Voters (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    Elon Musk had vowed to hold a rally in Wisconsin to give $2 million to two voters who cast their ballots in the state’s Supreme Court race.

  15. PolitiFact

    Are Elon Musk PAC payments to Wisconsin voters legal? (opens PolitiFact)

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    PolitiFact's feed description

    Days before a hotly contested Wisconsin state Supreme Court election, billionaire and White House adviser Elon Musk anno

  16. UPI

    Elon Musk to speak in Wisconsin, give away $2M in prizes for petition signatures (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Elon Musk is headed for Wisconsin to speak with voters and then hand a million dollars to two of them.

  17. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    Wisconsin Supreme Court race; Musk to hold rally, deliver $2M to voters (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

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    FOX 6 Milwaukee's feed description

    Billionaire Elon Musk said he plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to “personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the state’s hotly contested Supreme Court race, despite a state law that prohibits giving anything of value in exchange for voting.

  18. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Musk changes reason for visiting Wisconsin to give voters $2 million ahead of Supreme Court election (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday clarified his reasons for visiting Wisconsin two days ahead of its hotly contested Supreme Court election after deleting a social media post saying he planned to ''personally hand over'' $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the race.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.