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Sam Levine in New York, Jenny Peek in Madison, Wisconsin, and Ashley Spencer in Daytona Beach

Wisconsin and Florida voters head to polls in test of Trump’s popularity

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Wisconsin supreme court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel debate each other in Milwaukee on 12 March. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

US voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that some see as a test of Donald Trump’s popularity and the political clout of his billionaire ally Elon Musk.

In Florida, voters are casting ballots in two special elections to fill vacancies in the first and sixth congressional districts – solid Republican areas that may be surprisingly competitive. But the most closely watched contest is a battle for a seat on Wisconsin’s seven-member supreme court.

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