2024 Dane County Executive special election

November 5, 2024


Nominee	Melissa Agard	Dana Pellebon
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	168,168	104,487
Percentage	60.91%	37.84%

County Executive before election

Jamie Kuhn (interim)
Nonpartisan

Elected County Executive

Melissa Agard
Nonpartisan

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The 2024 Dane County Executive special election took place on November 5, 2024, following a primary election on August 13, 2024. County Executive Joe Parisi, who won re-election to a four year term in 2021, announced that he would resign from office.^[1] Following Parisi's resignation, former County Supervisor Jamie Kuhn was appointed as interim County Executive, and served until the special election.^[2]

Former State Senator Melissa Agard emerged as the frontrunner, and won 57 percent of the vote in the primary election. County Supervisor Dana Pellebon defeated Madison City Alder Regina Vidaver for second place, winning 17 percent of the vote to Vidaver's 15 percent, and advanced to the general election against Agard. In the general election, Agard defeated Pellebon in a landslide, winning 61 percent of the vote to Pellebon's 38 percent.^[3]

Primary election

Candidates

Melissa Agard, former State Senator^[4]
Dana Pellebon, County Supervisor^[5]
Regina Vidaver, Madison City Alder^[6]
Wes Sparkman, Director of the County Office for Equity and Inclusion^[7]

Results

Primary election results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Melissa Agard	61,286	56.95%
	Nonpartisan	Dana Pellebon	18,561	17.25%
	Nonpartisan	Regina Vidaver	16,269	15.12%
	Nonpartisan	Wes Sparkman	10,791	10.03%
	Write-in		705	0.66%
Total votes			107,612	100.00%

General election

Results

2024 Dane County Executive special election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Melissa Agard	168,168	60.91%
	Nonpartisan	Dana Pellebon	104,487	37.84%
	Write-in		3,457	1.25%
Total votes			276,112	100.00%

References

^ Garfield, Allison (October 4, 2023). "Joe Parisi to retire as Dane County executive after 13 years". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ Taylor, Brandon (May 23, 2024). "Dane County Board approves Jamie Kuhn for interim county executive". WKOW. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ Beran, Liam (November 6, 2024). "In convincing win, Melissa Agard becomes new Dane County executive". Isthmus. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ "Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Agard plans 2024 run for Dane County Executive". PBS Wisconsin. November 20, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ Bosch, Mary (February 7, 2024). "Dana Pellebon announces candidacy for Dane County Executive". The Daily Cardinal. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ Garfield, Allison (February 7, 2024). "Madison Ald. Regina Vidaver to run for Dane County executive". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ Garfield, Allison (February 7, 2024). "Dane County executive race draws two more local leaders". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ "2024 Partisan Primary". Dane County Clerk. 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
^ "2024 General Election". Dane County Clerk. 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2025.

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