Satya Rhodes-Conway | |
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57th Mayor of Madison | |
Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Paul Soglin |
Member of the Madison Common Council from the 12th district | |
In office April 2007 – April 2013 | |
Preceded by | Brian Benford |
Succeeded by | Larry Palm |
Personal details | |
Born | Española, New Mexico, U.S. | November 3, 1971
Political party | Democratic |
Other political affiliations | Progressive Dane |
Education | Smith College (BS) University of California, Irvine (MS) |
Website | City website |
Satya Rhodes-Conway (born November 3, 1971) is an American politician and the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. She was first elected in 2019 and was re-elected in 2023. She previously served on the Madison Common Council between 2007 and 2013. She is the first out lesbian elected as a mayor in Wisconsin, and only the second woman to become mayor of Madison.[1][2]