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.

National Democrats sent in millions for the liberal's campaign while Trump endorsed — and Musk financed — the conservative's. Abortion, redistricting and Tesla could come before the court.

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

The billionaire supporter of President Donald Trump and his affiliated groups spent more than $21 million supporting the conservative in the race in hopes of breaking liberals' 4-3 majority on the court.

No matter how it might be spun, a small judicial election in the US state of Wisconsin was a terrible result for both President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk.

Musk is a special government employee, a category for temporary federal workers who are only supposed to work 130 days out of 365.

The liberal candidate won in the first major statewide battleground election of 2025, protecting the progressive majority on the Wisconsin's supreme court, in a race that became a referendum on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk,

Marine Le Pen’s sentencing in France has drawn global attention, with parallels made to legal battles faced by President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro,

Polls have closed in Wisconsin in a hot-button Supreme Court race that could offer a barometer on how Americans are feeling at this point in President Donald Trump's second term. Republican-backed Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and Democratic-backed Dane County Judge Susan Crawford are the candidates in Tuesday's marquee state Supreme Court race,