Joseph T. Parisi is an American politician, from

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. Parisi currently serves as

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, having taken office on April 18, 2011, and being re-elected in 2013 after running unopposed. A

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, Parisi served as a member of the

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from 2005 until 2011.

Background

Parisi was born in

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on October 24, 1960. He attended Middleton High School and

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before earning a

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from the

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. He was also a drummer for the blues-rock band Honor Among Thieves. He was elected as Dane County

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in the 1996 election, and served in that office until running for the Assembly in 2004.

Legislative service

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

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, Monona, the

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of Blooming Grove and Dunn and the far eastern portion of the City of Madison. Land-use in the district ranges from high-intensity urban and heavy industrial to natural areas as well as several miles of

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shoreline. Parisi won his

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by over 2:1, and in the

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defeated Dan Long (

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) by 25,066 to 8451. He was assigned to the

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and

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, on

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, on

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review, on

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and the

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, and on

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and urban affairs. In 2006, he again faced Long in the general election, and defeated him by a fractionally larger margin. In 2008, he was unopposed in both the primary and general elections. In 2010, he defeated Spencer Zimmerman (Republican) and Grant Gilbertson (

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running as a "Progress-Freedom" candidate), with 20,650 for Parisi, 6929 for Zimmerman, and 893 for Gilbertson. His work in the State Assembly focused on criminal justice, ending domestic abuse and sexual assault and workforce development. In 2014 he testified in favor of a living wage before a Senate committee that had fast-tracked legislation against it.

Back to county government

On April 5, 2011, Parisi was elected Dane County Executive. He began his two-year term on April 18, and was elected to his first four-year term in 2013. Parisi succeeded

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who retired in the middle of her fourth four-year term. On April 14, 2011, Parisi resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly. and was succeeded by Chris Taylor, who was unopposed in the general election after winning a six-way Democratic

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Notes

External links

* http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=42741 * http://capitalcityhues.com/112813JoeParisi.html Green Fleet Magazine Dane County's BioCNG Fueling Station Turns Trash Into Gas: http://www.greenfleetmagazine.com/news/51693/dane-countys-biocng-fueling-station-turns-trash-into-gas * http://progressive.org/wis-republicans-want-to-crush-living-wage * * ''Follow the Money'' – Joseph T Parisi
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