Assistant Minority Leader, Wisconsin State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, District 31, 2019-present

Minority Caucus Chair, Wisconsin State Senate, 2021-2023

Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate, District 31, 2022

Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 93, 2014

Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 93, 2012

Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 2006-2010

Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 93, 2004, 2010

Town Chair, Brunswick, 2001-2007

Member, Agriculture and Tourism Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Organization

Member, Joint Legislative Council

Member, Senate Organization Committee

Member, Universities and Revenue Committee

Member, Utilities and Technology Committee

Former Member, Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Former Member, Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry Committee, Wisconsin State Senate

Regional Organizer, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Western Wisconsin Cooperate

Former Political Director, Northern Wisconsin, Wisconsin Democratic Party

Owner, Bob Smith Window Cleaning, 1986-2011

Chair, Parent Advisory Council, 2003-present

Member, Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce

Founder/Former Chair, Eau Claire Area School District Parent Advisory Committee

Board Member, Eau Claire Family Resource Center

Member, Eau Claire Male Chorus

Member, Extension Community Partner Advisory Group, University of Wisconsin

Member, Kiwanis Club, Eau Clair

Former Board Member, Tainter-Menomin Lake Improvement Association

Former Vice President, Township Fire Department Board

Former Member, University of Wisconsin Extension Community Partner Advisory Group

Member, Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools Wisconsin

Member, Wisconsin Conservation Voters

Former Member, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Parent Leadership Corps

Member, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Parent Leadership Corporation, 2002-2004

Board Member, District J, Wisconsin State Parent Teacher Association (PTA), 2001-2003

Former Member, Governor's Task Force for Education Excellence, 2003

President, Valley Gospel Choir, 1995-1997