Liberal Wisconsin Judge Crawford Beats Musk-Backed Candidate (2)

Democrats won a key election Tuesday adding liberal Susan Crawford to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, keeping a majority on a bench tackling high-profile election, labor, and abortion cases.

Her victory over conservative state trial court Judge Brad Schimel—who was endorsed by President Donald Trump—was driven by more than $43 million in spending from liberal groups. They backed her to preserve liberal justices’ impact on pregnancy termination, business regulation, and election rules in a perpetual swing-state where groups have teed up challenges to the state’s labor union restrictions and a host of voting rules.

Crawford, a current state trial court ...