Dan Knodl (December 14, 1958) is an American politician, currently serving as a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

Early life and education

Born in

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, Knodl was raised in

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Menomonee Falls is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, and is part of the Greater Milwaukee area. The population was 35,626 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous village in Wisconsin. It is the fourth largest commun ...

and graduated from Menomonee Falls East High School in 1977. He briefly attended the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

Career

Knodl was elected to the

in 2008. He previously served on the Washington County Board of Supervisors. On January 5, 2021, Knodl and 14 other Wisconsin lawmakers signed a letter to then-

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Mike Pence asking him to delay certification of the 2020 United States presidential election. In the letter, they claimed, falsely, "The 2020 election witnessed an unprecedented and admitted defiance of state law and procedural irregularities raising questions about the validity of hundreds of thousands of ballots." On December 2, 2022, Knodl announced that he was running in the

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for the 8th state senate district after incumbent

Alberta Darling Alberta Darling (born April 28, 1944) is an American politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She represented Wisconsin's 8th State Senate district from 1993 through 2022 as a Republican. Her constituency included many of the ...

resigned. On February 21, 2023, Knodl beat

Janel Brandtjen Janel Brandtjen (born March 27, 1966) is an American businesswoman and far-right politician from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 22nd Assembly district since January 2015. Biograp ...

and Van Mobley in the Republican primary race. He will face Democrat Jodi Habush Sinynkin on the 4th of April.

References

People from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin People from Germantown, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 1958 births Living people 21st-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-stub