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

Bettings odds point to liberal Judge Susan Crawford as the favorite over conservative Judge Brad Schimel just hours before polls close in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race. Newsweek reached out to each campaign for comment via email on Tuesday.

The most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history will determine whether conservatives can topple the 4-3 liberal majority that has controlled the court for the past two years.

While the 2026 midterms are more than a year and a half away, three special elections happening Tuesday night should give voters in Pennsylvania and across the country a sense of which way the political breeze is blowing.

Voters in a crucial court race and two House special elections will provide hints of how the country views President Trump and Elon Musk, months after they took power.

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.