Last night, there were special elections in Wisconsin and Florida. As is usual during off-year special elections, a lazy and easily bored media attempts to find meaning in it. That usually means if the results were bad for the GOP, they have a MAJOR PROBLEM. If the result were good, they weren't as good as they should have been, and special elections don't matter much anyway. Losing the Wisconsin Supreme Court race definitely su-diddly-ucks, but that wasn't the only thing on the ballot last night.

Radical activist progressive Judge Susan Crawford defeated the candidate who knows how to follow the Constitution, Brad Schimel. Wisconsin will now redraw its congressional lines, making things more difficult for the GOP to hold on to the House in 2026. It is what it is. It was always going to be difficult. If the Trump Adminstration and the Trump-led GOP aren't spending the first eighteen months operating as if they know they are going to lose the house, then they will have wasted the time, and I don't know what to tell you. Thankfully, we won the two Florida specials and increased our seats in Congress to 220-213.

HOWEVER, while Wisconsin voters were voting a left-wing lunatic onto the state Supreme Court, they were also voting to enshrine Wisconsin's voter ID law into the constitution.

The Badger State already requires that voters have photo ID in order to participate at the polls, but that law has now been elevated to a constitutional amendment.

The measure was placed on the ballot by the Republican-controlled legislature in an effort to strengthen election security.

It also protects the law from potentially being overturned in court when Democrats are in control, as constitutional amendments have to be approved in two legislative sessions and by a statewide popular vote.

Sitting here in my view from the cheap seats as I play quarterback from the comforts of my armchair, I see one of two things:

1. People who went to vote for the Supreme Court didn't flip the ballot over to vote for the Constitution, all amendments, and vice versa, which should tell you all you need to know about off-year special election electorates.

2. People who went to vote for the radical progressive ALSO voted to enshrine voter ID laws into the Constitution, because while Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) don't want a voter to proof they are a legal citizen to be allowed to vote in American elections, normal people think it make sense.

Now, when JD Vance runs for president in the battleground state of Wisconsin, voters will have to prove they are allowed to. The GOP needs to take this win, see what states they hold any chamber of power in where there aren't voter ID laws, and make it a statewide initiative.

None of this says there weren't some warning signs from last night. While Democrats are historically unpopular, that doesn't mean people love the GOP as much as they like Donald Trump. We need to get MUCH better at turning out Trump voters when he isn't on the ballot, because EVERY special election from now until Election Night 2026 is crucial.

Also, while Elon Musk is very popular with edgelords on X-Twitter, he is NOT popular among American voters as well. Having him front in center for these races is a mistake. He needs to consider influencer politics from the shadows like a normal billionaire.

Losing the Supreme Court race last night was terrible. It was a good night for us overall. Don't let CNN tell you otherwise.

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