Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow Dies at 61, Triggering 30-Day Interim Appointment Process
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Updated · WisPolitics.com · Jul 8
Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow Dies at 61, Triggering 30-Day Interim Appointment Process
3 articles · Updated · WisPolitics.com · Jul 8
Summary
Paul Farrow, Waukesha County executive since 2015, died at 61 after battling mucinous adenocarcinoma diagnosed in 2024, county officials said.
Jim Heinrich, the County Board chairman, immediately became acting executive under Wisconsin law and will assume Farrow’s duties.
Within 30 days, the County Board must confirm an interim executive, and a countywide special election will fill the remaining months of Farrow’s term.
Farrow had publicly documented his treatment to help other cancer patients and was reelected in 2019 and 2023 after earlier service in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate.