Timothy Cullen

Timothy Francis Cullen (February 25, 1944 – December 23, 2024) was an American Democratic politician from Janesville, Wisconsin. He was the Democratic majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate from 1982 to 1987, then served two years as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services (1987–1988) in the administration of Republican governor Tommy Thompson. Cullen returned to the state Senate from 2011 to 2015, ultimately serving a total of 16 years representing Wisconsin's 15th Senate district.

After leaving public office, Cullen was chair of Common Cause Wisconsin, a nonpartisan good government advocacy organization, from 2016 to 2022. Earlier in his career, he served on the Janesville City Council and the board of the Janesville Public School District, and served as a district liaison on the staff of U.S. representative Les Aspin (WI–01). Provided by Wikipedia