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Current and Former Elected Officials
Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein
State Representative Francesca Hong
State Representative Mike Bare
State Representative Ryan Clancy
Alder Julia Matthews
Alder Davy Mayer
County Board Chair Patrick Miles
1st Vice Chair Chad Kemp
2nd Vice Chair April Kigeya
Supervisor Richelle Andrae
Supervisor Colin Barushok
Supervisor Jay Brower
Supervisor Yogesh Chawla
Supervisor Michele Doolan
Supervisor Michael Engelberger
Supervisor Henry Fries
Supervisor Kierstin Huelsemann
Supervisor Lisa Jackson
Supervisor Rick Rose
Supervisor Tommy Rylander
Supervisor Erin Welsh
Supervisor Brenda Yang
Former D2 Alder Brenda Konkel
Former Supervisor Elizabeth Doyle
Former Supervisor Dana Pellebon
Former Supervisor Al Matano
Campaign Kickoff
Dearest friends, family, and comrades–
I’m excited to announce my campaign for reelection to the County Board. For the last twenty years, as a poverty lawyer, union leader, democratic socialist, and elected official, I have been fighting for people harmed by an unfair economic system and racist laws and practices. This economic system criminalizes homelessness and poverty. It prioritizes private wealth over basic human rights like housing and health care. This system is rigged and wrong. And we all deserve so much better.
I’ve learned a lot since I was first elected in 2012. I’ve served on many committees and authored legislation and budget amendments to support and protect our most vulnerable community members. Since I started my county service, I also became a mom, returned to coaching soccer, and became more deeply rooted in my neighborhood and county board district. I’m very grateful to have a supportive spouse, child, and – you— my community of friends and neighbors in my corner. Without your support, I could not do this work.
I’ve been working hard. With my leadership, we created the Affordable Housing Development Fund and increased this investment from $2M to $20M in annual funding, over 11 years. We opened The Beacon day resource center, created a Fair Chance Housing Fund, launched the Safe Farmworker Housing Initiative, and invested in affordable home ownership, including the community land trust. We created lactation rooms and supplied free menstrual products in county buildings. We’ve changed county board rules to increase transparency and public comment opportunities.
For years, I worked with community advocates to oppose committing more county funds to a new jail than any other public works project. While we were not successful, we continue to advocate for public safety strategies that address the root causes of crime, invest in people’s basic human needs, and attack shameful and persistent racial disparities in arrest and incarceration. Now innovative reforms that strengthen community safety, like non-law enforcement crisis response, are broadly supported.
I’m grateful to have been twice elected by my committee colleagues to chair the Health and Human Needs Committee which has oversight responsibilities over the largest county department, Human Services. Despite limited resources for our 2026 budget, I successfully led efforts to increase funding for detox services, create new county positions to improve access to behavioral health care, and restore two key positions: an immigration affairs social worker and aging and a disability resource center specialist. I authored successful amendments to add over $1M in new funding for the men’s shelter and a new overflow shelter, and sustain family hotel sheltering. I’m proud of my work to more fairly balance our budget, by shifting funds from the Dane County Sheriff’s office to vital human services programs.
I love bringing my experience, my skills, and my passion to work for you. I hope you’ll help me continue this work by supporting my re-election campaign.
In solidarity,
Heidi