Career
He is the current Fond du Lac City Council president, and on November 6, 2012, he defeated incumbent Democrat Jessica King from her seat in the Wisconsin State Senate"s 18th District by 590 votes. According to his campaign biography, Gudex was born in Eden, Wisconsin, in 1968, graduated from Saint Mary"s Springs High School, and worked full-time for the family business before becoming a shop worker at the Gehl Company, soon becoming a supervisor. As of 2012, he has been a production manager at Brenner Tank.
In 1998, he was living in Mayville, Wisconsin, and was elected the town"s Mayor.
When he moved back to Eden, he was elected to the Village Board. In 2012, he began his third term as President of the Council.