April 8, 2026

“It’s a wow moment in Wisconsin politics,” said former Republican strategist Brandon Scholz, who left the party in 2021. “Republicans ought to be sitting down tonight and going, ‘Okay, we just screwed up another race. What are we going to do in November?’”

Chris Taylor, a liberal Wisconsin judge, led by 20 points with 90 percent of votes counted — nearly double the already-large margin another liberal candidate won by in 2025 — and she did it by making cuts into GOP strongholds.

Republicans got a rude, late-night wake-up call: in Wisconsin, liberal judge Chris Taylor was crushing the field by 20 points with 90 percent counted, even making inroads in red turf like Ozaukee County, while in Georgia Democrat Shawn Harris lost but still massively outran Trump’s 2024 margin, underscoring a broader warning sign for the GOP — Democrats are turning out, overperforming, and smelling blood heading toward November.

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