Sue Conley

Sue Sharon Conley ( Seibert; born February 19, 1960) is an American nonprofit administrator and Democratic politician from Janesville, Wisconsin. She served two terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 44th Assembly district from 2021 to 2025. She also previously served as president of the city council of Janesville.

Early life and career Sue Conley was born Sue Seibert in Galesburg, Illinois, in February 1960. As a child, she moved with her parents to Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1971, where she was raised and educated. She graduated from Janesville's Joseph A. Craig High School and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and Blackhawk Technical College.

Conley became involved in nonprofit management in the Janesville community and was executive director of the Rock County YWCA, and later, from 2002 through 2014, with the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin. At the start of the 2020–2021 session, Conley was elected President of the City Council.

In February 2020, Janesville's state representative, Debra Kolste, announced she would not seek a fifth term in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 2020 election. Conley and Kolste were friends, and Conley had already been contemplating a run for higher office. With Kolste's endorsement, Conley entered the 2020 campaign. Conley was able to avoid a primary contest and secured the Democratic nomination unopposed. In the general election, she faced Republican former city councilmember DuWayne Severson; Libertarian hopeful Reese Wood had intended to run, but failed to secure enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot. During the campaign, Conley emphasized the need for redistricting reform, endorsing the so-called Iowa model of redistricting, utilizing a nonpartisan commission.

Personal life Sue Conley is the eldest of seven children born to Bernard and Sheila ( Berry) Seibert. The Seiberts were Catholic.

Sue Seibert took the last name Conley when she married Jim Conley in 1987. They reside in Janesville and have three adult children.

Electoral history Janesville City Council (2017, 2019)

Wisconsin Assembly (2020)