About Alder Tag Evers | Common Council | City of Madison, WI

Tag has a master's degree in natural resource economics from the University of Wisconsin. 

Tag started Tag Team Productions, a concert-promoting business, in 1992. Since selling his business in 2012, he has worked as a talent buyer. 

Tag Evers is an alder representing Madison's District 13. He was elected in 2019 and is serving his second term.

Supports increasing density and building up rather than out for environmental and equity reasons, but believes not all development projects are equal.

Believes housing is a human right and aims for high-quality, affordable housing for all.

Believes housing is a human right, aims for high-quality, affordable housing for all, and believes "the market alone to get us there."

As mayor, supported expanding assistance for first-time minority homebuyers to build wealth and counter past racist policies.

As alder, supported expanding assistance for first-time minority homebuyers.

- Supports increasing density and building up rather than out for environmental and equity reasons, but believes not all development projects are equal.
- Believes housing is a human right, aims for high-quality, affordable housing for all, and believes "the market alone to get us there."
- As alder, supported expanding assistance for first-time minority homebuyers.

Housing & Urban Development

Worked to keep the Monroe Street Library open.

Supported keeping the Monroe Street Library open.

- Supported keeping the Monroe Street Library open.

Public Services

Supports reallocating police funds to mental health and substance abuse services.

- Supports reallocating police funds to mental health and substance abuse services.

Public Safety

Prioritizes affordability, transit access, and green infrastructure.

- Prioritizes affordability, transit access, and green infrastructure.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Elections – Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce

As an alder, worked to preserve food access and increase affordable housing in South Madison.

As alder, worked to preserve food access and increase affordable housing, citing 150 new units of affordable housing on South Park and new grocery store set to open in the summer of 2025.

Said, "Economic development rightly understood is a public-private partnership so that the social goods that the market cannot on its own deliver are in fact paid for by public investment, e.g., roads, police, education, etc."

Said, "Economic development rightly understood is a public-private partnership so that the social goods that the market cannot on its own deliver are in fact paid for by public investment, [such as] roads, police, [and] education."

Said, "Addressing our housing crisis should be our number one priority. Recruitment and retention will both be frustrated if we don't start flattening the curve on our rising housing costs."

- As alder, worked to preserve food access and increase affordable housing, citing 150 new units of affordable housing on South Park and new grocery store set to open in the summer of 2025.
- Said, "Economic development rightly understood is a public-private partnership so that the social goods that the market cannot on its own deliver are in fact paid for by public investment, [such as] roads, police, [and] education."
- Said, "Addressing our housing crisis should be our number one priority. Recruitment and retention will both be frustrated if we don't start flattening the curve on our rising housing costs."

Economy

As of March 26, 2025, Tag Evers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

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Buket Urgen

As of March 28, 2025, Robert Luther did not have a website.

Robert Luther wants lower property taxes - WORT

Robert is retired. He previously worked for the Madison Fire Department and served in the US Navy.

Opposes overdevelopment by investors "who have no interest in living here only making profit on vulnerable properties"

- Opposes overdevelopment by investors "who have no interest in living here only making profit on vulnerable properties"

As of March 26, 2025, Robert Luther did not have a website.

Supports low taxes and realistic property values.

Supports low taxes, "realistic" property values, and "keeping the city on budget."

- Supports low taxes, "realistic" property values, and "keeping the city on budget."

Robert Luther

- Alderpersons serve on the on the city's Common Council. The Common Council passes city resolutions and ordinances, approves the city's annual budget, and sets tax rates. 
- They may be elected by city voters at-large or from specific districts in a non-partisan election. 