After helping Pat Kreitlow win election to the Wisconsin State Senate in 2006,[4] Dexter worked as his Community Outreach Director.

She has been a volunteer with the Girl Scouts, Meals on Wheels, the Eau Claire Municipal Band, and served on the Regional Steering Committee for Health Literacy Wisconsin.

[6] Dexter helped pass the 2009 state Equal Pay law that allowed women and others who have been discriminated against to seek fair compensation from their employer.

After her term in the legislature, Dexter served as the chair of the Eau Claire County Democratic Party.

The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board voted unanimously on March 12 to order the recall, determining that at least 18,657 of the signatures were valid.