Dane County Board President Scott McDonell will be declaring his candidacy for County Executive today, according to a message McDonell sent to supporters Sunday night.
McDonell, who was first elected in 1996, will hold a press conference today at noon on the steps of the City-County building on Martin Luther King Blvd.
The leader of the County Board's progressive coalition enters the race as an undoubted favorite. His candidacy has likely dispelled the notion of other contenders on the left, and there will unlikely be a viable conservative opponent.
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