Joe Parisi

Parisi was born in Madison, Wisconsin on October 24, 1960. He attended Middleton High School and Madison Area Technical College before earning a B.A. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.'Wisconsin Blue Book 2009-1010, Biographical Sketch of Joseph T. Parisi, pg. 51 He was also a drummer for the blues-rock band Honor Among Thieves.

He was elected as Dane County county clerk in the 1996 election, and served in that office until running for the Assembly in 2004.

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In 2004 Parisi was elected to represent Wisconsin's 48th Assembly district.The district encompasses McFarland, Monona, the Towns of Blooming Grove and Dunn and the far eastern portion of the City of Madison. Land used in the district ranges from high-intensity urban and heavy industrial to natural areas as well as several miles of Lake Monona shoreline. Parisi won his primary by over 2:1, and in the general election defeated Dan Long (Republican) by 25,066 to 8,451. He was assigned to the standing committees on aging and long-term care, on agriculture, on budget review, on corrections and the courts, and on local and urban affairs.[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/index.htm Barish, Lawrence S., ed. State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book Madison: Compiled by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 2005; pp. 925, 929, 273-74, 276] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807065114/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/05bb/index.htm |date=2011-08-07 }}

In 2006, he again faced Long in the general election, and defeated him by a fractionally larger margin.{{Cite web |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/index.htm |title=Barish, Lawrence S., ed. State of Wisconsin 2007-2008 Blue Book Madison: Compiled by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 2007; p. 922 |access-date=2011-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405184807/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/07bb/index.htm |archive-date=2012-04-05 |url-status=dead }} In 2008, he was unopposed in both the primary and general elections.{{Cite web |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/09bb/index.htm |title=Barish, Lawrence S., and Lemanski, Lynn, eds. State of Wisconsin 2009-2010 Blue Book Madison: Compiled by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 2009; pp. 921, 924 |access-date=2011-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403101759/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/09bb/index.htm |archive-date=2011-04-03 |url-status=dead }} In 2010, he defeated Spencer Zimmerman (Republican) and Grant Gilbertson (independent running as a "Progress-Freedom" candidate), with 20,650 for Parisi, 6929 for Zimmerman, and 893 for Gilbertson.[http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/percent%20results%20post%20recount_120710.xls#_7987 2010 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "Fall General Election Results: 2010 Fall General Election Results Summary - Post-Recount" December 1, 2010]

His work in the State Assembly focused on criminal justice, ending domestic abuse and sexual assault and workforce development. In 2014 he testified in favor of a living wage before a Senate committee that had fast-tracked legislation against it.{{Cite web|url=https://progressive.org/wis-republicans-want-to-crush-living-wage|title = Wis. Republicans Want to Crush Living Wage|date = 7 March 2014}}

On April 14, 2011, after having been elected Dane County Executive, Parisi resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly.[http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/parisi-to-resign-from-assembly-thursday Parisi To Resign From Assembly Thursday]{{Cite web |title=Parisi Resigned From Assembly |url=http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=233340 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001105056/http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=233340 |archive-date=2011-10-01 |access-date=2011-04-15}} He was succeeded by Chris Taylor, who was unopposed in the general election after winning a six-way Democratic primary election.

On April 5, 2011, Parisi was elected Dane County Executive with 70.1% of the vote, defeating Eileen Bruskewitz, who garnered 29.8%.{{Cite web |title=2011 Spring Election Results from Official Canvass |url=https://elections.countyofdane.com/elections/elect2011b.html#race3 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=elections.countyofdane.com}} He began his two-year term on April 18. Parisi succeeded Kathleen Falk who retired in the middle of her fourth four-year term.

Parisi was elected to a full four-year term in April 2013, and re-elected in 2017, without facing opposition in either election.{{Cite web |title=Election Result |url=https://elections.countyofdane.com/Election-Result/91#race0107 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=elections.countyofdane.com}} He was re-elected to a third full term on April 6, 2021, defeating Mary Ann Nicholson, an accountant who suspended her campaign after her husband's death but remained on the ballot.{{Cite web |last=Becker |first=Abigail |title=Mary Ann Nicholson ends campaign for Dane County executive |url=https://captimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mary-ann-nicholson-ends-campaign-for-dane-county-executive/article_9e504651-68d0-54a0-b4e6-ea7df8537655.html |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=The Cap Times |language=en}} Parisi received 78.9% of the vote to Nicholson's 20.9%.{{Cite web |title=Election Result |url=https://elections.countyofdane.com/Election-Result/130#race0016 |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=elections.countyofdane.com}}

In October 2023, Parisi announced he would retire after 13 years as county executive, and plans to leave office in May 2024, a year before the expiration of his current term.{{cite news|url= https://captimes.com/news/government/joe-parisi-to-retire-as-dane-county-executive-after-13-years/article_4cc56792-519a-5a6b-a9e4-365819267548.html |title= Joe Parisi to retire as Dane County executive after 13 years |date= October 4, 2023 |newspaper= The Capital Times |first= Allison |last= Garfield |accessdate= November 30, 2023 }}

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• http://capitalcityhues.com/112813JoeParisi.html

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• https://progressive.org/wis-republicans-want-to-crush-living-wage
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• [http://www.wisdc.org/pro08-103945.php Campaign 2008] campaign contributions at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110113131500/http://www.parisifordane.com/ Campaign website]

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