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Udell was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1961.He attended public school in Janesville, Wisconsin, later attending the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.While at UW–Whitewater, he was involved in student government, serving as a student senator, as well as party politics, working for Representative Les Aspin and chairing the campus Young Democrats organization.
Dane County is governed by a county executive and a county board of supervisors. The county executive is elected in a countywide vote. The county executive is Melissa Agard. The board of supervisors consists of 37 members, each elected from single member districts. As the policy-making body of the county government, the board of supervisors ...
Progressive Dane has both a city and a county party platform.Last revised in 2011, Progressive Dane's county platform supports many progressive policies, including: Living wages and economic development, open and democratic government, public safety and protection, land use, transportation and environmental protection, affordable housing, quality human services and efficient, effective ...
McCarville won her first political office in 1999 when she was elected to the DeForest village board. She served four years in that office, and then served by appointment on the DeForest Police and Fire Commission from 2001 to 2012. In 2012, she was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors, representing DeForest and neighboring Windsor.
In November 2023, Agard announced that she would run for Dane County executive in a special election to be held in 2024, following the early resignation of Joe Parisi. [19] Agard advanced from the August primary and won the special election on November 5, 2024, defeating county supervisor Dana Pellebon. [20]
In the Spring election of 2020, he was elected to the Dane County board of supervisors, running unopposed in an open seat. [6] He was re-elected without opposition in 2022. [7] Just after the Spring 2022 election, incumbent state representative Sondy Pope announced she would retire after 20 years in the Assembly. [8]
Within each county are cities, villages and towns. As of 2016, Wisconsin had 72 counties. [1] A Board of Supervisors is the main legislative entity of the county. Supervisors are elected in nonpartisan elections for two-year terms (except in Milwaukee County where the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors served four years).
In 1980, Wagner was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors, and served until 1994. He was chair of the board from 1988 until 1992. While on the County Board, Wagner arranged for the Gay Liberation Monument sculpture by George Segal to be a long-term loan to the City of Madison until its ultimate home in New York City was ready. [4]