• Kim Schroeder, running for vice president of the Milwaukee (Wis.) Teachers Education Association in May, promised a five-point program, with the first four being vows to make the union more aggressive toward the school board. His fifth point, he said, was “to make sure that there is ... beer and wine available for our monthly Leaders’ Meetings.” (He lost.)

• Josko Risa finished second in the election for mayor of Prozolac, Croatia (pop. 4,500), and was in a run-off on May 31 because of (or despite) his campaign pledge of (roughly translated) “All for Me, Nothing for You” (or, “It is definitely going to be better for me, but will be the same for you”). (Run-off results from Croatia were not widely reported.)

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