Margaret Michele Arney , born June 17, 1969, is a Democratic politician representing Wisconsin's 18th Assembly District in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2025. She serves communities in eastern Wauwatosa and western Milwaukee neighborhoods. Arney is also a member of the Wauwatosa City Council since 2022, becoming the city's first African American city councilmember. Notable achievements include winning her Assembly seat in 2024 after a landslide city council victory in 2022 and her civic leadership as a founding member of Tosa Together in 2016 and president of the Wauwatosa Neighborhood Association Council.

Education and Political Experience

Limited public details are available on her formal education; she works as a nonprofit consultant and educator. Politically, Arney first ran for Wauwatosa City Council in 2010, placing second in the primary but losing the general election. She was active in local affairs before winning her council seat in 2022 and the Assembly election in 2024, with swearing-in on January 6, 2025. She serves on the Committee on Transportation and Committee on Review of Administrative Rules.