I am very pleased that Dan Sutton and Ron Balzer will be returning to the council, but extremely sorry that Terry Halmstad will not be joining them. Thank you, Terry for making the effort to make a difference.
Renee' Lowerr will join Brookfield's Common Council though, and that is a good thing too. She won by 105 votes: Lowerr, 797 Schellinger, 692. That one was closer than I thought.
I think Lisa Mellone will appreciate having an enthusiastic fellow alderman for our district. Congratulations Renee'.
Elmbrook's referendum passed by 634 votes: Yes, 7,557 to No, 6,923. I would have thought in our current economic climate that it would not have passed. Note to self, next time I move (I should really say, if I move, since I never pictured myself living anywhere else), make sure our household income is not below the median.
Chanel 4 is calling the State Supreme Court for Gableman, so that definitely lifts my spirits. It has been 40 years since an incumbent lost, so this is quite a remarkable win.
He stated in his acceptance speech, "I believe the proper role of a judge is to apply the law not make it." I like that! He offered thanks to God for keeping him through the campaign. I like that even better. Gableman's victory shifts the court by 1 vote to the conservative side, so that makes me very happy.
Gleisner lost. His race was not a hill to die on. Gleisner was more of a social conservative, but Neubauer maybe be better for the business climate in Wisconsin.
One oddity, in the school board race, the candidates who dropped out of the race each received over 4,000 votes!
Do we interpret that as voters are not very well informed or chalk it up to a protest vote?
OK, I can go to bed now. Glad this is over and done. Zzz
Links:
Brookfield7,
Betterbrookfield,
Vicki Mckenna 
