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Lena Taylor's Biography

Office:

Full Name:

Lena C. Taylor

Gender:

Female

Family:

1 Child: Isaiah

Birth Date:

07/25/1966

Birth Place:

Milwaukee, WI

Home City:

Milwaukee, WI

JD, Law, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1990-1993

BA, English, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1984-1990

Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, District 4, 2004-present

Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, Wisconsin, 2022

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4, 2020

Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate, District 4, 2020

Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 2003-2004

Elected in Special Election, Wisconsin State Assembly, 2003

Former Member, Administrative Roles Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Administrative Rules Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Vice Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin

Former Member, Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Joint Finance Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Joint Legislative Council Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Member, Judicial Council

Former Member, Law Revision Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Chair, Legislative Black and Hispanic Caucus

Former Member, Legislative Council, Wisconsin State Senate

Member, Milwaukee Unity Caucus

Former Member, Review Committee on Criminal Penalties, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Utilities and Housing Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Member, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

Member, Wisconsin Outreach to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Task Force

Attorney, Pitman, Kyle, Sicula and Dentice, Senior Counsel, 2013-present

Co-Founder, Taylor and Associates Law Office, 1996-present

Columnist, Milwaukee Courier

Former Secretary, West End Development Corporation

Former Attorney, Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office, 1993-1996

Member, Advisory Board, Boy Scouts of America

Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

Member, Board of Trustees, University of Wisconsin-Madison Alumni Association

Former Board Member, Daystar

Member, Girl Scouts of Milwaukee

Former Member, Merril Park Association

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Member, National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women

Member, Urban League of Milwaukee

Former Board Member, West End Development Corporation

Wisconsin State Chair, Women in Government

District Commissioner, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage, 2010-2014

Awards:

In 2010, Taylor was bestowed with the extremely prestigious National Legislator of the Year Award from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. The Senator was the first legislator from Wisconsin, and the first Democrat nationally to be honored with this award in the history of the organization.

The Senator has received accolades for her work including The Becky Young Community Justice Award in 2009, an award for being committed to fighting for Criminal Justice Reform; the Coalition Against Domestic Violence's Legislative Advocate Award in 2010; the Wisconsin Builder's Association's Friend of Housing Award for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; and the Friend of Agriculture Award from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.

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