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American politician

John Olof Norquist (born October 22, 1949) is a retired American politician, urbanist consultant, and author. He served as the 43rd mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, winning four terms (1988–2004). He previously represented Milwaukee's south side in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1975–1983) and Wisconsin Senate (1983–1988). After serving as mayor, he worked for ten years as president of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Norquist was born in Princeton, New Jersey, where his father was attending seminary. He attended Augustana College in western Illinois for two years, then transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he graduated with his bachelor's degree in political science in 1971. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and was trained as a medic. Later that year, he went to work at Milwaukee Electric Tool, where he operated machinery on the assembly line and also served as a first aid attendant.

While working at Milwaukee Electric Tool in 1974, Norquist launched a primary challenge against incumbent state representative Earl Keegan Jr., in Wisconsin's 8th Assembly district. He ran against completing the Stadium South Freeway, which was to run from Milwaukee County Stadium south to I 894. In 1974, nearly 50% of the freeway segment was either built or the land was cleared for construction. Norquist defeated Keegan in the Democratic primary and faced no opposition in the general election. He continued to oppose the new freeway despite his constituents voting for completion in the November 1974 Milwaukee County freeway referendums (complementing the April 1967 city vote in favor of the Park East Lake Freeway project). In the Assembly, Norquist joined forces with emerging generation of legislators including James Moody (later a US representative) in opposing freeway expansion. Norquist was re elected to three more terms in the Assembly before winning a seat in the Wisconsin Senate in 1982. While in the Senate, Norquist served on the powerful Joint Finance Committee and was recognized by Milwaukee Magazine as a leading legislator. He was re elected to another term in the Senate in 1986

Norquist can perhaps best be described as a "fiscally conservative socialist". He was strongly in favor of light rail as a solution for the city's transit problems and was known throughout the country for his anti freeway stance and for the removal of the Park East Freeway, the largest highway ever purposely destroyed. He consistently reduced the property tax rate every year since becoming mayor and kept city budgets from growing beyond the rate of inflation. One of the first controversies of Norquist's tenure occurred in 1988, when he took a trip to Israel. The trip was paid for by local Milwaukee Jewish organizations, but as a result of the controversy, Norquist afterward paid much of the cost himself. On his return, the Milwaukee Sentinel printed a political cartoon showing him getting off a plane dressed as a Hasidic Jewish rabbi. The cartoon created an uproar, and the Sentinel published an apology for it. In December 2000, Norquist's future as mayor was thrown into doubt after a staff assistant alleged that the mayor had sexually harassed her. Norquist admitted to a five year consensual affair, but whether it was consensual is contested. Eventually, in April 2002, Norquist announced that he would not seek a fifth term as mayor in 2004. In July, 2001, when the Communist Party held its 27th national convention in the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee student union, Norquist sent the convention his greetings, noting commonalities between the city's socialist heritage and the goals of the Communist Party. Norquist later released a statement saying he "does not endorse Communist ideology and condemns many elements of Communist history." When presented in June 2003 with the opportunity to lead the Congress for the New Urbanism, Norquist said that he would resign at the beginning of the following year rather than serve out his full term. The announcement was timed to prevent a special election. Instead, the head of the common council, Marvin Pratt, served as acting mayor. His term was marked by public conflicts with other city leaders, including Bo Black, former head of Summerfest; Arthur Jones, his one time bodyguard who became chief of police; and Bradley DeBraska, head of the police union. Despite some conflict, Norquist's legacy in Milwaukee includes a decline in poverty, a boom in downtown housing, and reforms in both education and welfare.

At the beginning of 2004, Norquist began working full time as the head of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an urban planning and development reform organization based in Chicago, Illinois. He left CNU in 2014 after a decade with the organization. During his tenure, he spoke often and eloquently about the regulatory obstacles that continue to get in the way of good urbanism. Building on his experience taking down the Park East Freeway in Milwaukee, he championed a national CNU campaign that has helped advocates and local officials in their own highway teardown movements. Norquist is now the John M DeGrove Fellow at Florida Atlantic University and adjunct professor at DePaul University Real Estate Program.

John Norquist is a son of Rev. Ernest O. Norquist and his wife Jeannette Norquist. He is of Swedish descent. He is married to Susan Mudd and has one son, Benjamin, and one daughter, Katherine. Susan is the descendant of Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

Year Election Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality 1974 GeneralNov. 2 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 13,499 79.25% Shirley F. Bissett Rep. 3,534 20.75% 17,033 9,965 1978 PrimarySep. 12 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 3,590 75.37% Raymond J. Borkowski Dem. 1,173 24.63% 4,763 2,417 GeneralNov. 7 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 10,327 80.50% Richard W. Croke Rep. 2,501 19.50% 12,828 7,826 1980 GeneralNov. 4 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 13,297 100.0% 13,297 13,297

Year Election Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality 1982 PrimarySep. 14 John Norquist Democratic 11,281 73.00% Maria Flores Dem. 4,172 27.00% 15,453 7,109 GeneralNov. 2 John Norquist Democratic 25,921 100.0% 25,921 25,921 1986 GeneralNov. 4 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 23,860 100.0% 23,860 23,860

Year Election Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality 1988 PrimaryFeb. 16 Martin J. Schreiber Democratic 44,984 45.24% John Norquist Dem. 40,575 40.81% 99,427 4,409 Lee Holloway Non. 7,885 7.93% Donna Horowitz Non. 5,983 6.02% Willie G. Lovelace Non. <1% Kevin J. Robinson Non. <1% Sandra Sherman Non. <1% GeneralFeb. 18 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 49,180 49.31% Gregory Gracz Non. 36,444 36.54% 99,710 12,736 Michael McGee Jr. Non. 7,082 7.10% Ira Robins Non. 4,790 4.80% Willie G. Lovelace Non. 1,266 1.27% David Hall Non. 978 0.98% GeneralApr. 7 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 77,714 63.04% Gregory Gracz Non. 45,563 36.96% 123,277 32,151 1996 GeneralMar. 19 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 82,148 59.91% Richard Artison Non. 54,972 40.09% 137,120 27,176 2000 PrimaryFeb. 15 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 21,674 51.94% George Watts Non. 12,432 29.79% 41,730 9,242 Wendell Harris Non. 7,624 18.27% GeneralApr. 4 John Norquist (inc) Democratic 52,847 55.96% George Watts Non. 41,582 44.04% 94,429 11,265

Edmund N. Bacon Prize, Ed Bacon Foundation (now under the Philadelphia Center for Architecture), 2008