Three special election races on Tuesday could provide an early indicator of President Donald Trump’s popularity just weeks into his second term, as well as insight into how Democratic messaging about his administration’s cuts to the federal government is playing with Americans in those states.

Tuesday’s election to fill a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin has emerged as the country’s first major political battle since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. It offers both an early test of the president’s popularity in a state he narrowly flipped last year and a gauge of the political machine that Trump ally Elon Musk has deployed to drive up turnout in this swing state.

Liberal judge Susan Crawford won Wisconsin's state Supreme Court race, while Republicans held two Florida congressional seats in Tuesday's election.

Crawford's win maintains 4-3 liberal majority in Wisconsin Supreme Court Musk spent over $21 million supporting conservative candidate who lost Wisconsin court could rule on voting rights, abortion, and union laws Republicans win two special elections for U.

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years.

The race for control of the court, which became a proxy battle for the nation's political fights, broke records for spending and was poised to be the highest-turnout Wisconsin Supreme Court election ever.

Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory cemented a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years.

Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cemented a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years and dealt a devastating blow to Republicans who fear it paves the way for a wide array of rulings that will overturn or block the GOP's agenda in the swing state.

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.