10 Facts About Joe Parisi

Joe Parisi was a drummer for the blues-rock band Honor Among Thieves.

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

In 2004 Joe Parisi was elected to represent Wisconsin's 48th Assembly district.

Joe Parisi won his primary by over 2:1, and in the general election defeated Dan Long by 25,066 to 8,451.

Joe Parisi 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.

Joe Parisi was succeeded by Chris Taylor, who was unopposed in the general election after winning a six-way Democratic primary election.

Joe Parisi succeeded Kathleen Falk who retired in the middle of her fourth four-year term.

Joe Parisi was elected to a full four-year term in April 2013, and re-elected in 2017, without facing opposition in either election.

Joe Parisi 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.

In October 2023, Joe 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.