By the numbers: Musk has spent millions on the race. It's the most expensive state Supreme Court race on record, at $68.1 million total spent on advertising as of March 26, per AdImpact. Between the lines: Musk on Sunday gave $1 million checks to two people at an event in an effort to turn out the vote.

As billionaire Elon Musk has ramped up his spending on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race ahead of Tuesday's election, one of his opponents took to the skies over the Milwaukee area Thursday with a message for him. "Go Home Elon. Vote Susan," reads the banner flying behind a small plane, referencing liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford.

Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election was billionaire Elon Musk.

Wisconsin voters will soon cast their ballots in what has become the most expensive state Supreme Court race in U.S. history. The election, between conservative candidate Brad Schimel and liberal candidate Susan Crawford,

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, sank millions into the Wisconsin state Supreme Court race and came up empty on Tuesday night. And his critics are overjoyed. Musk and Musk-aligned groups spent some $20 million to help conservative candidate Brad Schimel.

Elon Musk headlined a town hall for GOP state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, calling the race “a super big deal” that could “affect the entire destiny of humanity.” Musk handed out two $1 million checks and vowed “I’m not phoning it in.

Elon Musk was a prominent fundraiser in the campaign, and was the subject of attack ads aired by Crawford's supporters.

Neither state nor federal courts have stopped Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks to voters, first in Pennsylvania during last year’s presidential campaign and now in Wisconsin, where Musk is backing a conservative candidate for the state Supreme Court.

Taking the stage in Green Bay wearing a yellow foam cheesehead hat, Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters.