As if the end of the University of Minnesota men’s basketball season wasn’t difficult enough for Gopher fans, some of the final televised games came with a stream of nasty campaign ads on behalf of two Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates for whom Minnesotans are ineligible to vote.

Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate, has repeatedly tried to link Brad Schimel to Elon Musk during her campaign.

The Republican-backed candidate in Wisconsin’s closely watched state Supreme Court race has resurfaced long debunked concerns about voting fraud because of the late reporting of ballots in Milwaukee.