Dan Knodl | |
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Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 8th district | |
Assumed office May 3, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Alberta Darling |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 24th district | |
In office January 5,2009 –May 3,2023 | |
Preceded by | Suzanne Jeskewitz |
Succeeded by | Paul Melotik |
Personal details | |
Born | Milwaukee,Wisconsin,U.S. | December 14,1958
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Diana Maria Bertieri (div. 2003) |
Residence(s) | Germantown, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Daniel Raymond Knodl (born December 14, 1958) is an American Republican politician from Washington County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, having won a 2023 special election to represent the 8th State Senate district. He previously served 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 24th Assembly district.
Born in Milwaukee, Knodl was raised in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from Menomonee Falls East High School in 1977. He briefly attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Knodl was first elected to the Washington County board of supervisors in 2006. Two years later, he won his first term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, running in the 24th Assembly district. [1] He went on to win re-election seven times in this district.
On January 5, 2021, Knodl and 14 other Wisconsin lawmakers signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to delay certification of the 2020 United States presidential election. In the letter, they claimed that "The 2020 election witnessed an unprecedented and admitted defiance of state law and procedural irregularities raising questions about the validity of hundreds of thousands of ballots." [2]
On December 2, 2022, Knodl announced that he was running in the special election for the 8th state senate district after incumbent Alberta Darling resigned. [3] On February 21, 2023, Knodl beat Janel Brandtjen and Van Mobley in the Republican primary race. He defeated Democrat Jodi Habush Sinykin on April 4. [4] Knodl was sworn in as a state senator on May 3, 2023. [5]
A year after his election, however, the 2024 redistricting act re-drew the 8th Senate district so that Knodl no longer resided within its boundaries. He announced he would not seek re-election to the Senate, and instead opted to run for his old seat in the 24th Assembly district. [6]
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