US: Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election

Wisconsin voters on Tuesday elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court, maintaining the court’s 4-3 liberal majority in a setback for President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk, who had backed her conservative rival.

According to New York University’s Brennan Center, the election was considered as an early referendum on Trump’s presidency, and the campaign easily became the most expensive judicial contest in US history with more than $90 million…