As President Trump escalates his fights with federal judges, he's also bolstering a judicial candidate in the battleground state of Wisconsin.

It is a loud and expensive race that has become a fight over the president's agenda.

And as DeMazane reports, it's testing the limits of presidential advisor and billionaire Elon Musk's money and popularity.

Across Wisconsin, a critical election that will determine who will fill a seat on the state Supreme Court for the next 10 years.

It's seen by many as an early litmus test of how voters feel about President Trump's policies.

In a swing state, he won by nearly 30,000 votes last year.

On the ballot, two current county judges,

both looking for a promotion.

Wisconsinites want a common-sense justice who will be fair and impartial.

Judge Susan Crawford from Dane County,

home to the state capital Madison and a liberal stronghold. It's not a good look for our country.

Versus Judge Brad Schimel from Waukoshaw County, a conservative-leaning suburb of Milwaukee.

He's also Wisconsin's former Attorney General. Whoever wins Tuesday will determine the majority of the seven

member Supreme Court, which after 15 years in conservative control flipped to a four-three

liberal majority in the last election two years ago. The level of intensity in the state feels

about like a presidential election. Barry Burden is the director of the Elections Research Center at the University

of Wisconsin-Madison. It's now become kind of a national referendum, or at least a way to

measure the temperature of the electorate a couple of months into the Trump administration.

The fact that the court is up for grabs ideologically and is weighing in on these important issues

and money is so easily spread into these

campaigns has really been the kind of magic stew that has put these elections on the map

for everyone.

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