High stakes WI Supreme Court race heats up days before the election

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- We are days away from election day and all eyes are on the highly contested race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as liberal candidate Susan Crawford and GOP backed Candidate Brad Schimel go head-to-head.

With a few days left to campaign, the two candidates are making their rounds. Both candidates held rallies in Milwaukee on Saturday, trying to secure every last vote. Wisconsin voters on both sides are making sure their voices are heard.

"We need someone who's going to uphold the law and that’s Brad Schimel," said Angel Sanchez, a Schimel supporter.

"Susan Crawford will ensure that women can get health care access in Wisconsin," said Telemachus Rafaelidys, a Crawford supporter.

It’s the most expensive judicial race in U.S. History and expected to be a close race. Crawford has benefitted from $2 million dollars from billionaire George Soros, and 1.5 million from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

"We just need to fight to the finish here," said Crawford. "Fight for every vote we can get in Wisconsin. I believe we can win this election on Tuesday."

"I've never seen voters this revved up about a court race before, because we've been getting our teeth kicked in for the last year and a half with a court with a political agenda," said Schimel.

Schimel held a rally at Serb Hall Saturday. Outside, Crawford supporters protested Schimel along with Elon Musk's involvement in the April 1st election. Musk has poured about 20 million dollars into the race and is backing Schimel. Musk also offered to give $1 million to two voters in Wisconsin. 

"Having the richest man in the world spend this much money in Wisconsin is dangerous and I feel like he's trying to buy this election and bribe voters," said Rafaelidys.

Saturday, a State Appeals Court declined to intervene on state Attorney General Josh Kaul's request to block musk from handing out checks. Kaul saying it's illegal.

CBS 58 asked both candidates their thoughts on the legality Musk's actions.

"I don’t know anything about the details of what he's doing, and I wouldn’t call myself an election law expert when it comes to something like that," said Schimel. "I don’t know the answer."

"To me that’s just immoral to try to buy votes in that fashion," said Crawford. "I welcome the investigation by the attorney general of the legality of that action."

Crawford has benefitted from $2 million dollars from billionaire George Soros, and 1.5 million from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. 

Musk is holding a town hall in Green Bay Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to give $1 million dollars each to two voters.

Both candidates are continuing campaigning all the way up to election day.

In this high-stake race, the decision all comes down to voters on April 1st.