(NewsNation) — Former GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker attributed liberal candidate Susan Crawford’s victory in the state Supreme Court election to out-of-state funding rather than a rebuke of the Trump administration.
“The message is big money wins,” Walker said Wednesday on NewsNation. “The winning candidate, Susan Crawford, got about 77% of her money from out-of-state, big funders like billionaire Reid Hoffman, J.B. Pritzker, George Soros.”
Crawford defeated conservative Brad Schimel by 10 points in the officially nonpartisan race, cementing a liberal majority on the court until at least 2028. The election was viewed as an early test for President Trump and businessman Elon Musk, both of whom endorsed Schimel.
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The former Republican governor said that while Musk was involved through his America PAC, which spent $12.5 million on the race, his contribution was “nowhere near the collective amount elsewhere” from liberal donors.
Walker also attributed the result to Wisconsin’s status as “the ultimate swing state,” pointing out that “the last 35 years, the party in power in the White House has lost the governorship in all but one election.”
The court is now positioned to rule on major cases, including abortion rights, union rules and potential redistricting that could shift congressional power.
“There’s a conservative White House. The liberal won in this big race. It will probably swing back again in the future,” he told NewsNation.
NewsNation partner The Hill contributed to this report.
