Elections
Catch up with your candidates
Contact Chamber Public Policy Manager David Aguayo to learn more about how you can support your preferred candidates through the Chamber Direct Givers Conduit.
2025 Spring Election
The candidate field is set for the spring 2025 elections, with local races including Dane County Executive and all 20 seats on the Madison Common Council. In all, there are 36 total candidates for the council. There will be 14 contested races, including two primaries.
As part of the Chamber’s endorsement process, questionnaires were sent to the entire candidate field asking for opinions on issues important to business. Candidates seeking an endorsement were invited to interviews, and endorsements will be offered based on alignment with our mission and agenda.
All completed questionnaires are linked below. Chamber-endorsed candidates are in bold.
The general election is Tuesday, April 1.
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Eli Tsarovsky Mike Verveer (I)
District 5
Ulrike Dieterle Regina Vidaver (I)
District 6
District 7
Badri Lankella Abdirahman Siad
District 8
District 9
Nikki Conklin (I) Joann Pritchett
District 10
Yannette Figueroa Cole (I) Lisa Veldran
District 11
District 12
Amani Latimer Burris (I) Julia Matthews
District 13
Tag Evers (I) Robert Luther
District 14
Isadore Knox, Jr. (I) Noah Lieberman
District 15
District 16
District 17
Sean Burke Sabrina Madison (I)
District 18
Carmella Glenn Kevin Monroe
District 19
Nino Amato John Guequierre (I)
District 20
Barbara Harrington-McKinney (I) 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.