Elections
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2025 Spring Election
The spring election included Dane County Executive and all 20 seats on the Madison Common Council.
As part of the Chamber’s endorsement process, questionnaires were sent to the Common Council candidates asking for opinions on issues important to business. All completed questionnaires are linked below. Candidates seeking an endorsement were invited to interviews, and endorsements are offered based on alignment with our mission and agenda.
Chamber-endorsed candidates are in bold and * indicates election winner.
Dane County Executive
Madison Common Council
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
Ulrike Dieterle Regina Vidaver*
District 6
District 7
Badri Lankella* Abdirahman Siad
District 8
District 9
Nikki Conklin Joann Pritchett*
District 10
Yannette Figueroa Cole* Lisa Veldran
District 11
District 12
Amani Latimer Burris Julia Matthews*
District 13
Tag Evers* Robert Luther
District 14
Isadore Knox, Jr.* Noah Lieberman
District 15
Ryan Koglin Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford*
District 16
District 17
Sean Burke Sabrina Madison*
District 18
Carmella Glenn* Kevin Monroe
District 19
District 20
Barbara Harrington-McKinney* Sammy Khilji
2024 Fall Election
The Chamber Board’s first-ever endorsed candidate for Dane County Executive, Melissa Agard, overwhelmingly won her race in the November 2024 election, taking roughly 62 percent of the vote and 240 of Dane County’s 260 voting precincts. Because she was elected to fill former County Executive Joe Parisi’s unexpired term, Agard is up for re-election in the spring 2025 elections.
There were also several local government and school district referenda on the ballot, including the Chamber Board-endorsed Madison Metropolitan School District facilities referendum, which will make needed capital and modernization improvements. It passed with about 72 percent of the vote.