A closely watched election for a state supreme court judgeship in Wisconsin gave Democrats a boost Tuesday night, while two special elections in Florida delivered two seats to House Speaker Mike Johnson's perilously thin GOP majority.

A liberal judge won big in Wisconsin's April 1 Supreme Court election while the GOP held two Florida House seats. Both parties are spinning the results ahead of the 2026 midterm cycle.

A trio of spring elections provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as Democrats rallied against his efforts to slash the federal government and the outsize role being played by billionaire Elon Musk in the early days of his new administration.

Election results in Wisconsin and Florida suggest the political landscape has shifted since Trump and Republicans won big last fall.

A statewide referendum question at the bottom of ballots asks about voter ID, a decade-old rule in Wisconsin that requires voters to show photo identification at polls or when requesting an absentee ballot.

This is a BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICANS, MAYBE THE BIGGEST WIN OF THE NIGHT,” President Trump said of the success of the ballot measure.

Within the political straitjacket of the US two-party system, the only alternatives to the fascist Republicans were right-wing, pro-corporate Democrats.

Democrats won a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and lost two Florida special elections Tuesday, but the trends are clearly pointing in their direction.

Democrats can take Tuesday as one of the first bits of good news they've had in months. But they also have to be aware that there are lots of issues that are still center-right, including immigration.