Democrat Joel Brennan says he can win the governor's race — if voters get to know him

Gov candidate Joel Brennan faces backlash from Black Dems, state party over new ad

Joel Brennan's new campaign ad targets the Democratic candidates of color who are leading in polls as being unelectable and doesn't mention the only other white candidate in the race.

Democrat Joel Brennan says he can win the governor's race — if voters get to know him

Democrat Joel Brennan is campaigning for governor as an everyman with experience running a major agency in Gov. Tony Evers' administration. In the primary's closing weeks, he's trying to simultaneously introduce himself and make the case he's the candidate best equipped to win. The post Democrat Joel Brennan says he can win the governor’s race — if voters get to know him appeared first on WPR.

Critics say Brennan ad implies candidates of color are unelectable

A new ad from long-shot gubernatorial candidate Joel Brennan casts fellow Democrats Francesca Hong, who is Asian American, and Mandela Barnes and David Crowley, who are Black, as unable to win a general election, but does not mention Kelda Roys, who is white. “She is an proud socialist,” he ad says of Hong. “He lost statewide before,” it says of Barnes, who narrowly lost a race for US Senate to incumbent Ron Johnson in 2022. “A couple weeks ago,…

Letter | Joel Brennan is the best choice

Dear Editor: Wisconsin Democrats need to nominate someone who can do more than excite one part of the party. We need a candidate who can withstand the Republican attack machine, bring Democrats to the polls, reassure independents and compete in…