An important request

This is the MoveOn Election Team, with an important (and urgent) request.

Dear MoveOn member, This is the MoveOn Election Team, with an important (and urgent) request. In just a few weeks, Wisconsin will hold what may be the most important election of 2025. This is a state race for a crucial seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but it has national implications because Wisconsin is one of the most important swing states that decides presidential elections. This is also a race that could decide the fate of abortion rights, free and fair elections, and even the presidential outcome in 2028. Judge Susan Crawford is a good, ethical judge, with progressive credentials, running for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But she's up against a flood of right-wing money from Elon Musk and anonymous Republican donors, who are supporting her far-right Trump-aligned MAGA opponent. With less than 25 days left, time is of the essence. Because going door to door, making calls, sending text messages, going up on the airwaves, and everything else that needs to happen for Judge Crawford to win this election takes time and money! Judge Susan Crawford needs your help to overcome this firehose of right-wing money. Please rush an emergency $9 donation now. 100% of your donation will go to elect Judge Susan Crawford. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. It's no exaggeration to say that billionaire Elon Musk is trying to BUY Wisconsin's Supreme Court. He may have already bought himself the presidency, pouring $290 million into electing Donald Trump.1 He's pouring money into right-wing politics in Europe, including Germany's far-right party.2 And now, Musk has has already dumped millions into supporting Judge Crawford's opponent, Brad Schimel—a former Republican attorney general who will rubber-stamp the MAGA agenda.3 Musk's PAC is saturating Wisconsin with attack ads—and is even sending paid canvassers door to door telling people to vote for Schimel to "protect President Trump's agenda."4 The Wisconsin Democratic Party called it out bluntly: "Elon Musk is out of control, and now this power-hungry billionaire is unloading millions to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court."5 They even launched a "People v. Musk" ad campaign to warn voters.6 Please, click here, right now, and rush an emergency contribution to Judge Susan Crawford. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. We can't let a right-wing billionaire and Trump's allies hijack Wisconsin's Supreme Court. The stakes are just too high, for these reasons: Abortion rights are on the line. Wisconsin still has an 1849 near-total abortion ban on the books. A lawsuit to overturn that ban will soon be in front of the state Supreme Court.7 If Susan Crawford wins, we have a real chance to overturn the ban and protect reproductive freedom for millions of people in the state. On the other hand, if her opponent wins, you can bet he'll uphold this cruel law. Voting rights and fair elections are at stake. Wisconsin was the tipping point in 2020. The state Supreme Court—by just one vote—stopped an attempt to overturn the presidential results.8 That was with a conservative court at the time, and it was a close call, just 4-3. If we lose this seat, the court could fall back into more-conservative hands before 2028. Imagine Trump (or another MAGA candidate) losing Wisconsin in 2028 and a MAGA-packed court ready to entertain baseless challenges. We could see the will of the voters overturned. And we cannot count on the U.S. Supreme Court to protect our democracy. And we must protect a judicial firewall against the MAGA agenda, which does not value the rule of law. Brad Schimel, Judge Crawford's opponent, is as partisan as they come. He literally announced his campaign by saying he'd "take back the court" to advance the far-right's priorities.9 If he wins, you can kiss goodbye to the court's checks on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and attacks on workers' rights. The ultra-rich and extremist groups will have succeeded in installing their hand-picked justice. Judge Crawford stands for progressive values. She's been a fearless advocate for justice—a judge who has defended voting rights, fought for women's health care, and stood up for working families.10 As a lawyer, she took on powerful interests to protect everyday people. And a Supreme Court justice, she'll fight for an independent court that upholds people's rights—not one that does the bidding of Trump or Musk. She's earned endorsements from dozens of judges (including every liberal justice currently on Wisconsin's Supreme Court) because they know she is fair, qualified, and principled.11,12 MoveOn members know the power of grassroots activism. In 2023, we saw how turning out voters in Wisconsin delivered a huge victory for progressives, flipping the court for the first time in 15 years.13 Now, Elon Musk and MAGA Republicans are throwing everything at us to take it back. Not on our watch. Republicans are counting on low turnout and big money to sneak their candidate onto the bench. It's up to us to prove them wrong, Leslie. Please rush an emergency $9 donation today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. This is a sprint. We have less than a month, and early voting starts soon. Judge Crawford's team must knock on thousands more doors, air crucial TV ads debunking lies, send many thousands of text messages, and expand their get-out-the-vote operation to win. They can't do it without an infusion of grassroots support. This is a fight MoveOn members were built for. When billionaires like Elon Musk try to buy our courts, it's up to us show them that the power of the people is stronger. When women's rights and democracy are on the chopping block, it's up to us step up to defend them. Wisconsin's motto is "Forward," and that's exactly where we need to push—forward, with progress, justice, and freedom for all. Please join us in this critical moment. Donate $9, or whatever you can to Susan Crawford's Supreme Court campaign. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. Your contribution will help Judge Crawford's team reach the voters who will decide this election. Time is short, and every bit of support counts. Let's send a message to Elon Musk and his MAGA friends: Our democracy is not for sale! And let's take our country back, one election at a time. By winning this election in Wisconsin, we set the stage for victories long into the future. But we can do it only with your help. Thanks for all you do. –Joel, Olga, Christian, Seth, and the rest of the team Sources: 1. "Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show," CNN, February 1, 2025 https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/elon-musk-2024-election-spending-millions/index.html 2. "Elon Musk Is Boosting Germany's Far Right. It Will Backfire," Time, January 9, 2025 https://time.com/7205548/musk-europe-far-right-germany-afd/ 3. "As Musk pours millions into Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Tesla files case that could reach justices," Wisconsin Public Radio, March 3, 2025 https://www.wpr.org/news/elon-musk-pac-millions-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-tesla-lawsuit 4. "Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court decries Musk's involvement in race," AP News, February 25, 2025 https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-trump-elon-musk-82c825c898b9dfddf18f83748da45511 5. "Democrats launch 'People v Musk' ad campaign in Wisconsin Supreme Court race," Wisconsin Public Radio, March 6, 2025 https://www.wpr.org/news/democrats-launch-people-v-musk-ad-campaign-wisconsin-supreme-court-brad-schimel-susan-crawford 6. Ibid. 7. "Wisconsin high court to hear arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid," NPR, November 11, 2024 https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/g-s1-33658/wisconsin-high-court-abortion-ban 8. "Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid To Overturn Biden Victory," Wisconsin Public Radio, December 14, 2020 https://www.wpr.org/justice/wisconsin-supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-overturn-biden-victory 9. "Brad Schimel Receives 12,000 Nomination Signatures from Across Wisconsin," Brad Schimel for Justice, January 6, 2025 https://schimelforjustice.com/article-title-will-go-right-here/ 10. "2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court Voter Guide," Guides.vote, accessed March 7, 2025 https://guides.vote/guide/2025-wisconsin-supreme-court-voter-guide-crawford-v-schimel 11. Ibid. 12. "All 4 liberal justices back Crawford's Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign," Wisconsin Public Radio, June 17, 2024 https://www.wpr.org/news/liberal-justices-endorse-susan-crawford-wisconsin-supreme-court-campaign 13. "Wisconsin Supreme Court enters a new era as it flips to liberal control after 15 years," AP News, August 2, 2023 https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-liberal-8800fc9d37e6194f777c2fed261c5d37 Want to support MoveOn's work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it MoveOn needs your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with MoveOn? Donate: $5 monthly Donate: $15 monthly Donate: $50 monthly Donate another amount monthly Or make a one-time gift PAID FOR BY MOVEON POLITICAL ACTION, https://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. MoveOn Political Action - PO Box 96142, Washington, D.C. 20090-6142. This email was sent to Andra Patterson on March 12, 2025. 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