The House Majority PAC, which elects Democrats, said Tuesday’s results reveal that “the political headwinds are firmly at our backs heading into 2026.”

On today's episode: Florida Republicans win a pair of special elections; President Donald Trump's liberation day for tariffs is today; Israel expands its operations in Gaza; and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker makes history with floor speech. Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal 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.

Two important elections are occurring in Florida and Wisconsin that will help Republicans in the major key swing state of Wisconsin and the red state of Florida.

Elon Musk has become a major player in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, while Republicans will be put to the test in Trump territory in Florida.

The special elections come after Democrats flipped a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a Lancaster County district Donald Trump won by 15 points.

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.

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

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.