The balance of Wisconsin's state Supreme Court will shift slightly more liberal in a major upset win for Democrats after Republicans prevented them from postponing the election due to the coronavirus.
Several news outlets called last week's Wisconsin Supreme Court justice election for Jill Karofsky, a liberal, rather than incumbent conservative Justice Daniel Kelly.
That shifts the power balance of the state's highest court from a 5-2 conservative majority to a 4-3 conservative majority.
As of 8:15 p.m. EST, Karofsky had 53.2% of the vote, while Kelly had 46.8% with 63% of precincts reporting.
A U.S. District Court decision prevented last week's election results from being released until Monday, the deadline for mail-in absentee ballots to be received.
The election is also an encouraging sign for Democrats as they hope to win back the state for November's presidential contest.
Results from the Democratic presidential primary were also released on Monday, with former vice president and presumptive nominee Joe Biden besting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who dropped out of the race the day after the election.
Republican lawmakers blocked Democratic Gov. Tony Evers from postponing the state's elections last week or moving it to fully vote-by-mail due to the coronavirus, making for long lines of voters wearing protective face gear at a reduced number of polling places. When the governor on Monday tried a last-ditch effort to delay the primary to June 9 via executive order, the state Supreme Court blocked him from doing so.