William Ochowicz
William Ochowicz is a member of the Madison Common Council in Wisconsin, representing District 2. He assumed office on April 15, 2025. His current term ends on April 21, 2026.
Ochowicz is running for re-election to the Madison Common Council to represent District 2 in Wisconsin. The primary for this office on February 17, 2026, was canceled.
Biography
William Ochowicz earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2017. His career experience includes working as a software developer.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: City elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2026)
General election
The general election will occur on April 7, 2026.
General election for Madison Common Council District 2
Incumbent William Ochowicz (Nonpartisan) is running in the general election for Madison Common Council District 2 on April 7, 2026.
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Nonpartisan primary
The primary scheduled for February 17, 2026, was canceled. Incumbent William Ochowicz (Nonpartisan) advanced from the primary for Madison Common Council District 2 without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
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2025
See also: City elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2025)
General election
General election for Madison Common Council District 2
William Ochowicz defeated Matt Egerer in the general election for Madison Common Council District 2 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Ochowicz (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 2,320 |
 | Matt Egerer (Nonpartisan) | 38.1 | 1,471 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 74 | ||
| Total votes: 3,865 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Matt Egerer and William Ochowicz advanced from the primary for Madison Common Council District 2.
Endorsements
Ochowicz received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Ochowicz's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2025
William Ochowicz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ochowicz's responses.
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- I’m running for election because I care deeply about this city and my district, and I consider it a duty and a privilege to represent the constituents of District 2. The primary topic that has motivated me to run are housing related issues. Primarily, I am concerned with the lack of affordable housing and high cost of housing, as well as the many related problems such as rising homelessness, unsafe housing conditions, insecurity caused by high individual housing burden, and people being forced to live further from friends, family, jobs, and their support systems just to afford housing. I'm also running to help solve transportation and climate change issues.
- The rising cost of housing is increasing both visible and invisible homelessness. I would pursue a policy of Housing First, including a priority on building and funding interim housing solutions like the Tiny Home Camps, as well as more permanent solutions including affordable housing. I would advocate for the City of Madison to expand their landbank and use it to build mixed income affordable housing. Cross subsidies from market rate units could help achieve the deeply affordable units that LIHTC alone is not achieving.
- The largest transportation issue I wish to work on is increasing bus frequency and reliability in Madison. In order to make public transit a viable and competitive option for many people, it needs to be dependable. That means properly funding and maintaining our buses, and also paying our bus drivers living wages and making sure that the bus system is well staffed. Other transportation issues in Madison that I want to work on are expanding the safe bicycle network and building infrastructure to increase pedestrian safety, such as high visibility cross walks, leading pedestrian intervals, and RRFBs (flashing blinkers).
Juliana Bennett, current District 2 alder
Francesca Hong, District 76 Assembly Representative
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 3, 2025
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