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As Lieutenant Governor, she served as chair of the Governor's Work-Based Learning Board, co-chair of the Governor's Task Force on Invasive Species, and chair of the Wisconsin's Women's Council. Farrow authored and served as vice chair of the SAVE Commission and was appointed by Governor
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Board of Appeals from 1971 to 1974 and the Village Board from 1976 to 1987, spending the last five years of her tenure as president. After her time with the Village Board, Farrow was elected to the
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to serve on the Governor's Blue-Ribbon Commission on State-Local Partnerships for the 21st Century. Farrow also served on the Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Passenger Rail.
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Board of Regents. On December 7, 2017, she announced her immediate retirement from the UW System Board of Regents, stepping down before her term expired in 2020.
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was elected Waukesha County Executive in 2015 and previously served in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature. In 2013, she was appointed by Governor
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Award, which honored her contributions, courage, and leadership as one of "Wisconsin's Iron Ladies".
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at the 2003 Republican State Convention. During the 2008 campaign, she was a member of the "
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Farrow died on March 8, 2022, at the age of 87 at her home in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
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Public Affairs Network, Inc., which produces the Wisconsin equivalent of
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in 2004. Without putting her name forward for consideration, she won a
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McCallum and Farrow ran for a full four-year term in 2002, but their
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was elevated to the office of governor upon the departure of Gov.
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Horan) who was a corporate executive assistant. She attended
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Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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List of female lieutenant governors in the United States
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In 2013, she became the inaugural winner of the annual
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University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
Scott Walker
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Scott McCallum
Barbara Lawton
Wisconsin Senate
33rd
Susan Engeleiter
Ted Kanavas
Wisconsin State Assembly
99th
John M. Young
Frank Urban
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Republican
Paul Farrow
realtor
née
Republican
42nd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wisconsin
née
St. Catherine's High School
Rosary College
River Forest, Illinois
Marquette University
Elm Grove, Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Assembly

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