La Crosse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census,the population was 120,784. Its county seat is La Crosse. La Crosse County is included in the La Crosse-Onalaska,WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 139,627 and is the most populous county on Wisconsin's western border.
Gwendolynne Sophia Moore is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district since 2005. In 2016,Moore was elected to serve as caucus whip of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 115th United States Congress. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Her district is based in Milwaukee and as a result of the 2011 redistricting also includes some Milwaukee County suburbs:Bayside,Brown Deer,Cudahy,Fox Point,Glendale,St. Francis,South Milwaukee,West Milwaukee,Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. Moore is the first woman to represent the district and the second woman after Tammy Baldwin and the first African American elected to Congress from Wisconsin.
Thomas Mark Barrett is an American diplomat and politician who has served as the United States ambassador to Luxembourg since 2022. He previously served as the 44th mayor of Milwaukee,Wisconsin from 2004 until 2021.
Peter William Barca is an American Democratic politician and the current Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue in the administration of Governor Tony Evers. Barca is a lifelong resident of the Kenosha area.
Roy Kojo Jawara "Jay" Williams is a United States politician who served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development from 2014–2017. Previously,he served as the executive director of the federal Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers and as Mayor of Youngstown,Ohio. Since July 17,2017,he has served as the President of The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
The administrative divisions of Wisconsin include counties,cities,villages and towns. In Wisconsin,all of these are units of general-purpose local government. There are also a number of special-purpose districts formed to handle regional concerns,such as school districts.
W. Michael McCabe is an American policy advisor specializing in environmental and energy policy. He had previously served as a Regional Administrator,and later Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),being the only person in the Agency's history to serve as both. Between 2003 and 2006,McCabe consulted for DuPont and led DuPont’s defense against an EPA lawsuit of the toxic PFAS chemical PFOA. In November 2020 he was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team.
Mark William Pocan is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. The district is based in the state capital,Madison. A member of the Democratic Party,Pocan is co-chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus and chair emeritus of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. From 1999 to 2013 he served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 78th district,succeeding Tammy Baldwin there,whom he also replaced in the House when Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The municipal government of the U.S. city of Milwaukee,located in the state of Wisconsin,consists of a mayor and common council. Traditionally supporting liberal politicians and movements,this community has consistently proved to be a stronghold of the Democratic Party. As the largest city in Wisconsin,Milwaukee receives a significant amount of attention during elections.
In the United States,a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of the United States prepares to take over the administration of the federal government of the United States from the incumbent president. Though planning for transition by a non-incumbent candidate can start at any time before a presidential election and in the days following,the transition formally starts when the General Services Administration (GSA) declares an “apparent winner”of the election,thereby releasing the funds appropriated by Congress for the transition,and continues until inauguration day,when the president-elect takes the oath of office,at which point the powers,immunities,and responsibilities of the presidency are legally transferred to the new president.
Eric Stein is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consumer Protection at the U.S. Department of Treasury. He was nominated in 2009 by President Barack Obama.,and resigned in 2010.
The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) is a municipal agency of Milwaukee,Wisconsin dedicated to providing public housing and services for residents of the city of Milwaukee. The agency was established in 1944 and is responsible to a board of commissioners appointed by the mayor.
Joe Sanfelippo is an American businessman and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Wisconsin's 15th Assembly district from 2013 to 2022.
The Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB) is a state agency based in Madison,Wisconsin. It is one of fifty-six state art agencies of the United States and works as a partner regionally with Arts Midwest and nationally with the National Endowment of the Arts. WAB's mission statement declares that it “is the state agency which nurtures creativity,cultivates expression,promotes the arts,supports the arts in education,stimulates community and economic development and serves as a resource for people of every cultural heritage.”
Janel Brandtjen is an American politician and businesswoman from Waukesha County,Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 22nd Assembly district since January 2015.
Chuck Wichgers is an American businessman and Republican politician from Waukesha County,Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 82nd Assembly district since January 2023. Prior to the 2022 redistricting,he represented the 83rd Assembly district for three terms (2017–2022).
James W. Wahner is a retired American government administrator and Democratic politician. He served 9 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Milwaukee County,and was majority leader from January 1977 until his resignation in January 1980. He left the Assembly to serve as Midwest Regional Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
The 2020 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 3,2020. All of Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election,as well as sixteen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Voters also chose ten electors to represent them in the Electoral College,which then participated in selecting the president of the United States. The 2020 Fall Partisan Primary was held on August 11,2020.
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7,2020,and ended on January 20,2021. Unlike previous presidential transitions,which normally take place during the roughly 10-week period between the election in the first week of November and the inauguration on January 20,Biden's presidential transition was shortened somewhat because the General Services Administration under the outgoing Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
