Liberal wins first major 2025 statewide battleground election in race turned into Trump-Musk referendum

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Crawford enjoyed a surge in fundraising, thanks in part to an energized base eager to resist Trump and Republicans.
58% : A REFERENDUM ON TRUMP Musk, the world's richest person and chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, who has taken a buzz saw to the federal government workforce as he steers Trump's recently created Department of Government Efficiency, dished out roughly $20 million in the Wisconsin race through aligned groups in support of Schimel.
56% : AT STAKE Schimel also leaned in to the endorsement from Trump.
55% : some parts of this are way beyond my control anymore," Schimel said in a Fox News Digital interview during a bus tour stop Monday just outside Green Bay.
52% : Trump, who narrowly carried Wisconsin in both of his White House victories, said the state is important because its Supreme Court can settle disputes over election outcomes.
39% : " Tuesday's election was the first statewide contest held since Trump returned to the White House, and it was an opportunity for plenty of voters to vent against the president and his policies.
37% : Also front and center in the electoral showdown was someone who, along with Trump, was not on the ballot: billionaire Elon Musk, the president's top donor and White House adviser.

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