A trio of elections Tuesday provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump at the beginning of an ambitious term, as Democrats rallied against his efforts to slash the federal government and the outsized role being played by billionaire Elon Musk.

Election results in Wisconsin and Florida suggest the political landscape has shifted since Trump and Republicans won big last fall.

Republicans have held onto two seats in their narrow House majority as former Florida state Sen. Randy Fine won the special election for an open US House seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District and Republican Jimmy Patronis won Florida’s 1st Congressional District.

Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine have won special elections in two Florida congressional districts. They both won by narrower margins than President Trump had in their districts four years ago.

Randy Fine won Florida’s 6th Congressional Seat in a special election, defeating his Democratic opponent by 14 points. Democrats saw the narrower-than-expected margin as a sign of potential gains, while Fine dismissed concerns of underperformance.

Republicans won in two closely watched but heavily Republican congressional districts in Florida. In Tuesday’s other big race, for the state Supreme Court in battleground Wisconsin, it was a

Republicans lost a Wisconsin state Supreme Court race Tuesday evening, a warning sign for President Trump and the MAGA agenda ahead of 2026. Why it matters: The GOP also survived a late scare in a Florida special election.