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Randy Alan Udell (born May 30, 1961) is an Americans telecommunications engineer and Democratic politician from Fitchburg, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 47th Assembly district since 2025. He is also the current treasurer of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and has represented the Fitchburg area as a member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors since April 16, 2024.

Early life and career

Udell was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, on May 30, 1961. He attended Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, graduating in 1979. Following this, he began attending the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. While at UW–Whitewater, he was involved in student government, serving as a Student senate, as well as in party politics, working for Democratic Representative Les Aspin and chairing the campus Young Democrats organization. Udell graduated from the university in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in political science.

After graduating from UW–Whitewater, Udell worked for Maryland Attorney General Stephen Sachs from 1984–1987. Shortly his work with the Maryland attorney general he briefly worked as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, then began a thirty-years long career at AT&T as a finance agent and telecommunications engineer. In 1998, Udell returned to Wisconsin, settling down in Fitchburg, later serving as the chair and treasurer of the 2nd Congressional District Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

Political career

In 2015, Udell was elected treasurer of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, being re-elected in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025.

Udell was first elected to the Fitchburg city council in 2020 to the 4th district, and was re-elected in 2022. In 2023 Udell ran for Fitchburg mayor, but was defeated by Julia Arata-Fratta by four points.

In December 2023 Udell announced a run for Dane County Board of Supervisors, and was subsequently elected to the 33rd district in the 2024 Spring election.

Following Senator Melissa Agard's retirement, 47th district representative Jimmy Anderson announced a bid to replace her, leaving the district open. Shortly afterwards, Fitchburg alderman Joe Maldonado and Udell both announced bids to replace him. During the primary Udell campaigned on expanding broadband access to rural areas, while also emphasizing his experience in finance and budgeting as chair of the Fitchburg city council's finance committee and as Treasurer of the state Democratic Party.

In the primary election, Udell went on to defeat Maldonado by a slim 2 percent margin. As no Republican filed to run for the seat, Udell was unopposed for election and took office at the start of the 107th Wisconsin Legislature, on January 6, 2025.

Personal life

Udell and his husband, Brad, live in Fitchburg with their rescue dog Cooper.

Electoral history

Fitchburg City Council (2020, 2022)