Musk-Backed Candidate Defeated in Wisconsin High Court Race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Wisconsin is a crucial swing state in presidential elections, having backed former President Joe Biden in 2020 before flipping for Trump in 2024.
51% : The race also offered a referendum on Musk, the world's richest man, who used his wealth and influence to help elect Trump to the White House last year, and has become the public face of the president's Department of Government Efficiency effort to slash the size and scope of the US government.
49% : Both parties notched wins that help them advance their case to voters: Democrats scored a major victory in a state Trump won mere months ago, and cut the GOP's advantage even in races they lost.
44% : Conservatives rallied behind Schimel in a bid to wrest control of the state Supreme Court, including Trump who endorsed the candidate about two weeks before the election.
43% : Most Read from Bloomberg Susan Crawford, a circuit court judge, beat former state attorney general Brad Schimel in a state Trump narrowly carried in his own election just five months ago.

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