Democrats also won big in local elections on Tuesday.

All eyes were on Wisconsin on Tuesday night as the state’s Supreme Court race between liberal judge Susan Crawford and conservative former Attorney General Brad Schimel provided the first big test of Donald Trump’s second term.

Crawford defeated Trump and Elon Musk-backed Schimel by 9 points in a state where the outcome of a presidential election is usually determined by less than a point.

Crawford’s win ensures that liberals keep a 4-3 majority on the Wisconsin Supreme court as justices are expected to consider cases related to abortion rights, congressional redistricting, union power and voting and election rules.

But the Wisconsin Supreme Court race was not the only bright spot for Democrats on Tuesday night. The party also secured victories at the local level as well.

Democratic local victories

In Winnebago, Wisconsin former Democratic state lawmaker Gordon Hintz, defeated Republican backed incumbent Joe Doemel to become the next Winnebago County executive on Tuesday.

According to unofficial returns, Hintz received 53% of the vote to Doemel’s 47% . Doemel was in his first term. In the November election, Trump carried the county by 4.8 percentage points.

In Aurora, Illinois City Councilman John Laesch defeated incumbent Richard Irvin to be elected mayor.

Aurora’s elections are technically nonpartisan, but Laesch was endorsed by Democratic Reps. Jesús “Chuy” García and Delia Ramirez, as well as former Democratic Governor Pat Quinn. The state’s Democratic party also ran ads targeting Irvin.

Laesch won with 53% of the vote to 46% for Irvin.

Back in Wisconsin, Jill Underly won re-election as state superintendent of public instruction, which helps oversee the state’s public schools. Underly defeated Brittany Kinser. That race was also nonpartisan but Underly was endorsed by Wisconsin Democrats and teachers’ unions while Wisconsin Republicans backed Kinser.

Underly received 52.9% of the vote to Kinser’s 47.1%.

“Tonight, Democrats remembered that they can actually win. That hope is a renewable resource. That, through hard work, they can ensure democracy’s survival,” Ben Wikler the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic wrote in a statement on X. “Democracy is alive and roaring in the Badger State. In a moment of national darkness, Wisconsin voters lit a candle. Let the lesson of Wisconsin’s election ring out across the country.”