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David Crowley (Wisconsin)
2020 - Present
2028
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David Crowley is the Milwaukee County Executive in Wisconsin. He assumed office on May 4, 2020. His current term ends in 2028.
Crowley ran for re-election for Milwaukee County Executive in Wisconsin. He won in the general election on April 2, 2024.
Crowley resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly on June 18, 2020, after he was sworn into office as Milwaukee County Executive on May 4, 2020.[1][2] Under Wisconsin law, individuals cannot hold office in multiple branches of state government for more than 60 days after the certification of an election. The Wisconsin election was certified on April 20, meaning Crowley was obligated to resign from the state legislature by June 20.[3]
Biography
Crowley is from Milwaukee, Wis. He attended Bay View High School. Crowley studied educational policy and community studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Crowley has experience working on political campaigns. He was the African-American statewide organizer for former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, an aide for the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and most recently the policy director for state Senator Nikiya Harris Dodd.[4] Crowley has served as a community justice coordinator with Urban Underground, and has been affiliated with AmeriCorps, Project Return, Safe & Sound Inc., and COA Youth and Family Centers. He is a member of the ACLU, Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals, and the Milwaukee NAACP.[5]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (2024)
General election
General election for Milwaukee County Executive
Incumbent David Crowley defeated Ieshuh Griffin in the general election for Milwaukee County Executive on April 2, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Crowley (Nonpartisan) | 84.5 | 116,934 |
| Ieshuh Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 14.9 | 20,614 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 798 | ||
| Total votes: 138,346 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent David Crowley and Ieshuh Griffin advanced from the primary for Milwaukee County Executive.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Crowley in this election.
2020
Wisconsin State Assembly
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17
Supreme Moore Omokunde defeated Abie Eisenbach in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Supreme Moore Omokunde (D) | 85.9 | 22,418 |
 | Abie Eisenbach (R) | 13.9 | 3,638 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 26,089 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nick McVey (Independent)
- Eric John Hildeman (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17
Supreme Moore Omokunde defeated Chris Walton and Mike Brox in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Supreme Moore Omokunde | 48.2 | 3,457 |
 | Chris Walton | 35.6 | 2,553 | |
| Mike Brox | 16.1 | 1,157 | ||
| Total votes: 7,167 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Crowley (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17
Abie Eisenbach advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abie Eisenbach | 99.4 | 465 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 468 | |||
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Milwaukee County Executive
See also: Municipal elections in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (2020)
General election
General election for Milwaukee County Executive
David Crowley defeated Chris Larson in the general election for Milwaukee County Executive on April 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Crowley (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 96,714 |
 | Chris Larson (Nonpartisan) | 49.5 | 95,688 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 837 | ||
| Total votes: 193,239 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Milwaukee County Executive
Chris Larson and David Crowley defeated Theodore Lipscomb Sr., Purnima Nath, and Doug Schmidt in the primary for Milwaukee County Executive on February 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Larson (Nonpartisan) | 36.3 | 42,154 |
| ✔ | | David Crowley (Nonpartisan) | 34.3 | 39,757 |
 | Theodore Lipscomb Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 19,252 | |
 | Purnima Nath (Nonpartisan) | 12.3 | 14,217 | |
| Doug Schmidt (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 9 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 615 | ||
| Total votes: 116,004 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17
Incumbent David Crowley won election in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Crowley (D) | 99.0 | 20,820 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 201 | ||
| Total votes: 21,021 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17
Incumbent David Crowley advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Crowley | 100.0 | 6,528 |
| Total votes: 6,528 | |||
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2016
State Assembly
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016. Incumbent LaTonya Johnson (D) did not seek re-election.
David Crowley ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 general election.[6][7]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 17 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  David Crowley (unopposed) |
100.00% | 21,715 | |
| Total Votes | 21,715 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission | ||||
David Crowley defeated Kim Burns and Marcus Hart in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 Democratic primary.[8][9]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | David Crowley |
56.70% | 3,303 | |
| Democratic | Kim Burns | 28.07% | 1,635 | |
| Democratic | Marcus Hart | 15.23% | 887 | |
| Total Votes | 5,825 | |||
Milwaukee City Council
The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, held elections for mayor and city council on April 5, 2016. A primary election took place on February 16, 2016. All 15 city council seats were up for election. Khalif Rainey and Michael Bonds defeated David Crowley, Randy Jones and Vivian Redd-Fehr in the Milwaukee City Council District 7 primary election.[10]
| Milwaukee City Council District 7, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Khalif Rainey |
31.51% | 1,351 |
| Michael Bonds |
26.03% | 1,116 |
| David Crowley | 22.44% | 962 |
| Randy Jones | 14.30% | 613 |
| Vivian Redd-Fehr | 5.32% | 228 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 17 |
| Total Votes | 4,287 | |
| Source: City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Primary Final Results," February 19, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Crowley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Wisconsin State Assembly
David Crowley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Milwaukee County Executive
David Crowley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Crowley's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
Education
- Excerpt: "By investing in early childhood education we can touch the lives of all youth and lay a better foundation of learning for our children before reaching school age."
Public safety
- Excerpt: "The city has too many foreclosure homes that are in disrepair. We need to to [sic] strategically invest in a foreclosed home that could benefit as a Safe house. Safe houses are renovated homes that act as a resource center in neighborhoods."
Health
- Excerpt: "Health is a state of complete physical and mental well-being, and this is why it is essential we bring quality, community health programs into our inner-city. That is also why I am dedicated to investing more dollars into our public health department, and creating partnerships with healthcare providers and community health programs to provide much needed services in the 7th District."
Minimum wage
- Excerpt: "We need to raise the minimum wage and we need to do it now . . . If we’re going to spend dollars to build and sharpen the skills of a robust workforce, we need the commitment of ALL employers to invest in people by paying a decent, living wage."
Campaign finance summary
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State legislative tenure
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Crowley was assigned to the following committees:
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee
- Transportation Committee
- Workforce Development Committee
- State Affairs Committee
- Energy and Utilities Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Wisconsin committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
| • Jobs and the Economy |
| • Small Business Development |
| • Transportation |
| • Workforce Development |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Scorecards
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2020
In 2020, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 14 to May 13.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor policy.
- Legislators are scored on their stances on conservation issues.
- Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against MMAC's position.
- Legislators are scored on their votes by the Wisconsin Professional Police Association on legislation related to Wisconsin's law enforcement community.
2019
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In 2019, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 7, 2019 through January 13, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 16 through March 27. Special sessions were held from January 1 through February 27 and from March 15 through March 29.
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2017
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In 2017, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 3 through December 31. There were also special sessions. The first special session was January 5. The second special session was August 1 through September 15.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "David Crowley sworn in as Milwaukee County executive," May 4, 2020
- ↑ Milwaukee Community Journal, "Representative David Crowley Announces Resignation from Assembly," June 18, 2020
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley to resign seat in state Assembly," May 6, 2020
- ↑ David Crowley campaign website, "Meet David," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, Milwaukee County Executive Communications Director Brandon Weathersby, August 11, 2022
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "2016 Fall General Election Results," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission, "2016 Partisan Primary," accessed September 16, 2016
- ↑ City of Milwaukee, "2016 Spring Election Candidates," January 8, 2016
- ↑ David Crowley campaign website, "Vision," accessed February 11, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Family Action, "2015-2016 legislative scorecard," accessed May 31, 2017
- ↑ Wisconsin Family Action, "2015-2016 legislative scorecard," accessed May 31, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Chris Abele |
Milwaukee County Executive 2020-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by LaTonya Johnson (D) |
Wisconsin State Assembly District 17 2017-2020 |
Succeeded by Supreme Moore Omokunde (D) |
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