1. Lena C Taylor was born on July 25,1966 and is an American lawyer, judge, and former politician serving as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County, since January 2024.
11 Facts About Lena Taylor
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Lena Taylor previously served 19 years as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 4th State Senate district from 2005 to 2024, and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for one term before that.
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Lena Taylor continued her education after graduation, earning her JD from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1993.
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About a year after Lena Taylor joined the Assembly, her district's state senator, Gwen Moore, announced a run for United States House of Representatives, creating an open seat in the 4th state Senate district for the fall 2004 election.
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When Democrats won the Senate majority in 2006, Lena Taylor was named chair of the Senate committee on judiciary and corrections, and was appointed to a seat on the powerful budget-writing Joint Finance Committee.
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Lena Taylor was re-elected without opposition in 2008, and retained her committee positions as Democrats continued in the majority.
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The situation received national attention, and Lena Taylor was a frequent guest on progressive political talk shows, appearing several times on The Ed Show.
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Lena Taylor ran for Milwaukee County executive, challenging Republican incumbent Scott Walker in the Spring 2008 election.
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Lena Taylor was badly outspent in the election, with Walker raising more than $500,000 for the campaign.
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Lena Taylor ended her campaign just two months later, on December 25,2021, choosing instead to focus on the upcoming Milwaukee mayoral election.
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On January 26,2024, Governor Tony Evers appointed Lena Taylor to fill the Wisconsin circuit court judgeship in Milwaukee County left vacant by the resignation of judge Audrey Skwierawski.