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Satya Rhodes-Conway
Satya Rhodes-Conway is the Mayor of Madison in Wisconsin. She assumed office on April 16, 2019. Her current term ends on April 20, 2027.
Rhodes-Conway ran for re-election for Mayor of Madison in Wisconsin. She won in the general election on April 4, 2023.
Rhodes-Conway served on the Madison City Council from 2007 to 2013.[1]
Rhodes-Conway is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1]
Biography
Rhodes-Conway received a bachelor's degree in biology from Smith College in 1994 and a master's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of California-Irvine in 2000. Her career experience includes teaching undergraduate biology and ecology and working for Defenders of Wildlife and the State Environmental Resource Center. She was managing director of the Mayors Innovation Project from 2005 to 2019.[1][2][3]
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Madison, Wisconsin (2023)
General election
General election for Mayor of Madison
Incumbent Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated Gloria Reyes in the general election for Mayor of Madison on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Satya Rhodes-Conway (Nonpartisan) | 55.2 | 63,078 |
 | Gloria Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 50,405 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 755 | ||
| Total votes: 114,238 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Madison
Incumbent Satya Rhodes-Conway and Gloria Reyes defeated Scott Kerr and Daniel Howell Jr. in the primary for Mayor of Madison on February 21, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Satya Rhodes-Conway (Nonpartisan) | 59.6 | 43,884 |
| ✔ | | Gloria Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 27.9 | 20,527 |
 | Scott Kerr (Nonpartisan) | 11.8 | 8,664 | |
| Daniel Howell Jr. (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 608 | ||
| Total votes: 73,683 | |||
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Endorsements
Rhodes-Conway received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Madison, Wisconsin (2019)
General election
General election for Mayor of Madison
Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated incumbent Paul Soglin in the general election for Mayor of Madison on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Satya Rhodes-Conway (Nonpartisan) | 61.9 | 47,915 |
 | Paul Soglin (Nonpartisan) | 37.7 | 29,150 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 311 | ||
| Total votes: 77,376 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Madison
Incumbent Paul Soglin and Satya Rhodes-Conway defeated Mo Cheeks, Raj Shukla, and Nick Hart in the primary for Mayor of Madison on February 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Soglin (Nonpartisan) | 28.6 | 10,771 |
| ✔ | | Satya Rhodes-Conway (Nonpartisan) | 27.7 | 10,448 |
| Mo Cheeks (Nonpartisan) | 23.3 | 8,801 | ||
| Raj Shukla (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 6,954 | ||
| Nick Hart (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 386 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 346 | ||
| Total votes: 37,706 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Toriana Pettaway (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Satya Rhodes-Conway did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
Rhodes-Conway was mayor of Madison during the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, when events and activity took place in cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Events in Madison, Wisconsin began on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the Wisconsin State Capitol. On May 31, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway (D) instituted a curfew.[4] Later that day, Gov. Tony Evers (D) confirmed that the Wisconsin National Guard would be deployed to the city following a request from interim police chief Vic Wahl.[5]
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wisconsin State Journal, "Madison mayoral candidate Satya Rhodes-Conway cites expertise with cities," January 30, 2019
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Satya Rhodes-Conway," accessed December 2, 2023
- ↑ City of Madison, "Mayor's Office: About," accessed December 2, 2023
- ↑ Wisconsin Public Radio, "Violence Erupts In Madison After Demonstrators Gather Across Wisconsin Demanding Justice For George Floyd," May 31, 2020
- ↑ NBC 15, "Wisconsin National Guard to assist Madison police with looting," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Washington Post, "The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes," May 30, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody," May 31, 2020
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 USA Today, "Medical examiner and family-commissioned autopsy agree: George Floyd's death was a homicide," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Associated Press, "Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death," April 20, 2021
- ↑ CNN, "Protests across America after George Floyd's death," accessed June 2, 2020
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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