Right-wing Wisconsin Justice loses reelection

We've got a major upset in Wisconsin to talk about, peeps.

The votes for yesterday's election for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice are finally in, and now challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg has been declared the winner against ill-tempered right-wing incumbent David Prosser Jr.

Right-wingers gained a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court several years ago in a controversial election flooded by out-of-state corporate dough. Now - assuming Kloppenburg lives up to voters' expectations - they've lost their majority.

By some measures, the extreme right just lost an election they never should have lost. The media and corporate donors were full throttle for Prosser, and when the campaign began, nobody expected him to suffer such an embarrassing beatdown.

Next step needs to be for Wisconsin - and the other states - to crack down on corporate control of elections.