(WFRV) – Today, Governor Tony Evers released a statement regarding the passing of former Wisconsin State Senator, Tim Cullen.
Former Sen. Cullen was a dedicated public servant who devoted much of his life to good governance and improving the state that raised him. Sen. Cullen always fought for working families, gave back to and supported kids in the Janesville area, and advocated fiercely for nonpartisan redistricting and access to the ballot box during both his time in the Wisconsin State Senate and beyond it. He spent much of his life working to end partisan gerrymandering and fighting for Wisconsin to have fair maps at long last. There is no doubt our state is better off because of Sen. Cullen and his service. Kathy and I extend our deepest condolences to his family, colleagues, and all those who knew him.
Sen. Cullen was a Democratic politician from Janesville, Wisconsin. He was the majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate from 1982 to 1987. He served 16 years in the state Senate, representing Wisconsin’s 15th Senate district from 1975 to 1987, then again from 2011 to 2015.
After leaving public office, Cullen was the chair of Common Cause Wisconsin, a nonpartisan good government advocacy organization, from 2016 to 2022. Earlier in his career, he served on the Janesville City Council and the Janesville Public School District board.
