Elon Musk is discovering the bitter taste of failure – not due to a SpaceX rocket failure or plummeting Tesla car sales, but because of an election in Wisconsin with national significance. A key ally of Donald Trump, the world's richest man had invested in the election for one of the seven seats on the Supreme Court of this swing state. However, he became a turnoff.

On Tuesday, April 1, Judge Susan Crawford, supported by the Democratic Party, defeated Brad Schimel, the former attorney general of Wisconsin backed by the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement. Her roughly 10-point victory is especially striking as it comes just five months after the presidential election, following an extravagant campaign, unprecedented for a judicial post (nearly $100 million).

This Democratic success will primarily impact Wisconsin, allowing the liberal judges to maintain a slim four-to-three seat majority on the local Supreme Court. This body could rule on crucial issues like abortion or redraw the electoral map. It offers Democrats unprecedented hopes for two additional seats in the House of Representatives during the midterm elections in 2026. However, in special editions throughout Tuesday evening, American news channels focused on the immediate national lessons of the election.

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