Margaret Ann Farrow was an American Republican politician who was the 42nd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and also served in both houses of the state legislature.
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.
Scott Kevin Walker is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as Milwaukee County executive from 2002 to 2010.
Marvin E. Pratt is an American politician who served as acting mayor of Milwaukee in 2004 and as interim Milwaukee County Executive in 2011. He was the first African-American to act as mayor of Milwaukee.
Lena C. Taylor is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Milwaukee,Wisconsin. She is a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County,since January 2024. She previously served 19 years as a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 4th State Senate district from 2005 to 2024,and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for one term before that.
Timothy W. Carpenter is an American politician and Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate,representing the 3rd Senate district since 2003. He previously served 18 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1985–2003).
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is the legislative branch of the government of Milwaukee County,Wisconsin,United States. Supervisors are elected to the board in nonpartisan elections. There are 18 supervisors. The county board has several committees and votes on issues involving the county,such as the budget.
Dawn Marie Sass is an American politician who served as the 33rd State Treasurer of Wisconsin from 2007 to 2011. She was the third female Treasurer in Wisconsin's history.
Daniel E. Kapanke is an American politician who was a former Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 32nd District from 2005 until losing his seat to Jennifer Shilling in the 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections.
Christopher J. Larson is an American Democratic politician and a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing southeast Milwaukee County since 2011. He was Senate minority leader from 2013 through 2014,and currently serves as Senate Democratic caucus chair.
John Theodore Chisholm is an American prosecutor and politician who has served as Milwaukee County District Attorney since 2007. A career prosecutor,Chisholm specialized in complex conspiracy prosecutions before his election as district attorney in 2006.
Christopher Seton Abele is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician. He served as the 6th Milwaukee County Executive from 2011 to 2020. Abele is the son of American businessman John Abele,the co-founder of Boston Scientific. Abele serves as a trustee of the Argosy Foundation,a charitable trust established with an endowment from his father.
Van H. Wanggaard is a Republican politician and former law enforcement officer. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Senate,representing Racine and Kenosha counties since January 5,2015. He was previously elected to the same office in 2010,but was removed by recall election in June 2012.
The 2011 Wisconsin protests were a series of demonstrations in the state of Wisconsin in the United States beginning in February involving as many as 100,000 protesters opposing the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10,also called the "Wisconsin Budget Repair bill." The protests centered on the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison,with satellite protests also occurring at other municipalities throughout the state. Demonstrations took place at various college campuses,including the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. After the collective bargaining bill was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on June 14,the number of protesters declined to about 1,000 within a couple days.
William F. O'Donnell was a Wisconsin politician and the second Milwaukee County Executive,serving from 1976 to 1988. Prior to serving as county executive,O'Donnell was the chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 1975 to 1976.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election of 2011 took place on Tuesday,April 5,2011. The incumbent justice,David Prosser,Jr.,was re-elected to another ten-year term,defeating assistant Wisconsin Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg. Unlike past elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court,the race gained significant nationwide publicity as it was widely seen as the first referendum on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposed anti-union legislation and the resulting protests.
The 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election was a special election to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. It resulted in voters re-electing incumbent Republican governor Scott Walker over the Democratic candidate Tom Barrett by a larger margin than he had in 2010,in which Walker had also faced Barrett. Recall organizers opposed Walker's agenda,particularly his limiting of collective bargaining rights for state employees and they collected over 900,000 signatures to initiate the recall election process. There was also a recall for Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. She won her race,defeating Democrat Mahlon Mitchell,making her the first lieutenant governor to run in and survive a recall.
Jonathan Brostoff is an American Democratic legislator from Milwaukee,Wisconsin. He represents the 3rd District of the Milwaukee Common Council,succeeding fellow Democrat Nik Kovac. Between 2015 and 2022,he represented the 19th district in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The 2022 Wisconsin State Treasurer election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next state treasurer of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democratic Party Treasurer Sarah Godlewski chose not to seek re-election,instead unsuccessfully running for US Senate.
