• In New Berlin, former right-wing talking head, pundit and publisher JJ Blonien, missed badly in his attempt to be an alderman. Blonien used to be a figurehead on the Mark Belling TV show as well as a key advisor to loony conservatives like Tom Reynolds of West Allis.

• The Salentine dynasty in Muskego is apparently over. Most known for its car dealerships, the Salentine family has been in the mayor's chair and other official seats in Muskego over the years. This time, Nancy Salentine took one for the family in the mayor's race there, losing by a 73 to 27 percent margin.

• Burnett County Judge Mike Gableman certainly didn't win the Supreme Court election based on personality. Indeed, none of his TV or radio ads even featured him speaking. And with good reason. The few debates featured him delivering the canned party-speak of his media advisors. But his obscene lack of vocal inflection came across as if delivered by a ventriloquist's dummy. His monotone voice will likely keep lawyers in front of the court more focused on staying awake than on their oral arguments. But, he's got 10 years to work on it.

• Long-time eccentric Franklin pol Basil Ryan missed again at his attempt to get back into the fray at Franklin City Hall. This time Ryan lost big in his effort to unseat Mayor Tom Taylor. Ryan's last big headline splash was for his filling a valuable piece of Menominee Valley property with junk, even though he lacked a few permits and licenses to do so.

• Bryan Kennedy will no longer be considered an electoral loser. The twice-beaten congressional candidate won a seat on the Glendale-River Hills School Board.

• The best-named candidate on Tuesday's ballot? It's none other than Spyro Speedo Condos. Spyro is a former Lake Geneva mayor who was running for not only mayor, but Walworth County supervisor. He whiffed on both plays but not before trading defamation lawsuits with his mayoral combatant William Chesen.

• And in election news from afar, the former governor's brother and candidate himself, Libertarian Ed Thompson retook his Tomah mayoral post. The Libertarian Party was so proud of big Ed that they sent a statewide release touting the victory, calling Thompson "charismatic."

"Speaking from his Tomah supper club, the Teepee, Thompson said he found about 50 dusty yard signs in a storage shed, leftovers from his previous campaign for mayor in 2000. He also dug up four highway signs from his Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign of 2002," reads the missive.

It notes Thompson spent $20 on his campaign win, in which he tallied a two-to-one margin of victory. "Maybe I should run for governor again some day, but it would probably take more than 20 bucks, maybe more like a couple hundred."