Bidar-Sielaff triumphs in the 5th District

By A. David Dahmer

The westside Tex Tubb’s Taco Palace was alive with excitement on April 7 as longtime community activist Shiva Bidar-Sielaff announced that she had beaten Hamilton Arendsen in the 5th District Common Counil race for the city of Madison.
“Im very proud of the campaign that I ran,” Bidar-Sielaff told The Madison Times. “I look forward to being able to represent my district and the City of Madison.”
Bidar-Sielaff’s campaign was one of the most diversely supported campaigns that Madison has ever seen. “Just look out here tonight. We have tremendous diversity,” Bidar-Sielaff said.  “I’m humbled by the diversity of people — representing so many different voices — who supported me throughout the campaign.”
The final tally had Bidar-Sielaff gaining 60 percent of the vote in her district.
“I look foward to serving my constituents on the City Council,” she said. “I’m excited.”
—A. David Dahmer