From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Voters go to the polls in elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and two Florida House seats,

as Democrats hope these races prove to be bellwethers of a backlash against Donald Trump.

Meantime, the U.S. Supreme Court sounds skeptical of a ruling by that liberal Wisconsin

Supreme Court majority, which denied a tax exemption to Catholic charities.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined today by my colleagues, editorial board member

Colin Levy, and columnist Alicia Finley. State Supreme Court elections can sometimes be sleepy

affairs, but not this year and not in Wisconsin. There's tons of energy being deployed there

by both sides, including Elon Musk for the GOP. Part of the story is an effort by Republicans in Wisconsin to take back control of that

state's highest court currently with a 4-3 liberal majority.

The other part seems to be hope by Democrats that today's results will signal political

trouble for the GOP and maybe be a harbinger of the 2026 midterms, particularly

true in Florida, where there are two special elections in red house seats. Let's listen to the Democratic

National Committee Chair Ken Martin talking about this on Action News Jacksonville.

There is a lot of buyer's remorse right now in this country.

We're seeing Republicans swing quite a bit our way. We're seeing independent voters swing

heavily our way. We're seeing Democrats energized, Republicans demoralized. And what that means

to me, for me, as we head into this special election here in a couple days is that's a perfect recipe

for a surprise. Colin, let's start in Wisconsin. What are the stakes of this state Supreme Court race?

And what is the state of play as you see it now that we're here on election day? Right, Kyle. I mean,

I think for sure right now this race is too close to call.

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