WI-GOV: Brennan (D) launches gubernatorial bid, pledging to 'stand up to Trump's dysfunction'
Joel Brennan, a leader in the Milwaukee business community and a former Department of Administration secretary, today officially joined the Dem field for governor, vowing to confront growing costs and Donald Trump’s “chaos and incompetence.”
“I’ll be a governor who will stand up to Trump’s dysfunction and be laser focused on improving the lives of people across our state,” the president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee said in his roll-out video.
Brennan is now the 10th Dem to announce plans to run for guv, and other numbers feature prominently in his roll-out video. Brennan hasn’t previously held elected office and lost a 2003 Dem primary in a special election for the state Senate. He noted many likely weren’t familiar with him.
The numbers he ticked off in his video included the 10 siblings he grew up with, the five jobs he had to pay his way through college and the zero working blinkers on his first car. He also joked he combined to score 49 points with future NBA player Nick Van Exel when they faced each other in high school; Brennan said he accounted for eight of those points.
https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/brennan-launches-gubernatorial-bid-pledging-to-stand-up-to-trumps-dysfunction/