Dane County Board Supervisor Echnaton Vedder will not run for a fifth two-year term in 2006 and he is backing a UW-Madison junior as his replacement.
Ashok Kumar, a representative on the UW Associated Students of Madison, has thrown his hat in the ring for Vedder’s seat, with Vedder serving as Kumar’s campaign treasurer.
“We need someone who’s really well-connected to the constituency,” Vedder said, referring to the bulk of the voters in District 5 being UW students, since the district encompasses most of the UW campus hugging the south shore of Lake Mendota.