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Latest line: A good week for Bill Essayli, a bad week for Elon Musk

Republican Assemblyman gets top cop job as Wisconsin voters reject tech mogul’s pitch

Elon Musk enters the stage in Green Bay, Wisconsin wearing a cheesehead during a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025. The world's richest man spent $25 million hoping to elect conservative Brad Schimel to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but he lost badly to liberal Susan Crawford, resulting in a 4-3 liberal majority in the judiciary that could decide everything from abortion rights to congressional district lines.(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Elon Musk enters the stage in Green Bay, Wisconsin wearing a cheesehead during a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025. The world’s richest man spent $25 million hoping to elect conservative Brad Schimel to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but he lost badly to liberal Susan Crawford, resulting in a 4-3 liberal majority in the judiciary that could decide everything from abortion rights to congressional district lines.(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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Bill Essayli

High-octane Republican Assemblyman from Riverside County is named by Trump administration to be U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, where he will lead 500 lawyers, agents and staff enforcing federal criminal law

 

 

 

Elon Musk

As polls show his favorability rating dropping, billionaire Tesla CEO dumps $25 million into race for control of Wisconsin State Supreme Court, only to see the Republican candidate he backed lose by 11 points.

 

 

 

Xavier Becerra

Former California attorney general and Biden health secretary announces governor run in 2026. He has experience. But does he have a chance against better-known Kamala Harris or Katie Porter?

 

 

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