Joel Brennan

Brennan supports repealing Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban and protecting the right to make personal health care decisions, and pledges to invest in prenatal, maternity, and postpartum care.

Brennan supports right-to-repair for farmers, banning foreign governments and corporations from buying Wisconsin farmland, easing farm succession, and investing in rural mental health.

Brennan points to delivering aid to small businesses, farmers, and families during the COVID pandemic and leading efforts to address economic challenges in Milwaukee.

Brennan proposes modernizing the school funding formula based on student needs, increasing teacher support and pay, mandating recess, and providing free school lunches sourced from Wisconsin farms.

Brennan opposes federal control of elections and supports protecting election workers, defending early and absentee voting, allowing pre-Election Day processing of mail-in ballots, and countering misinformation.

Brennan supports restoring Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding, keeping public lands public, addressing PFAS contamination, holding polluters accountable, and pushing toward clean energy.

Brennan proposes a 'Healthy Wisconsin Promise' to expand Medicaid eligibility, create a state public option, guarantee coverage for every child, and invest in mental health and rural health services. He also supports prescription drug reforms targeting pharmacy benefit managers.

Brennan's 'Build Roots, Build Wisconsin' plan aims to build 100,000 entry-level homes, offer 3% state-backed mortgages for first-time buyers, provide shared-equity gap loans, and impose a tax on corporate investors buying single-family homes as rentals.

Brennan addresses federal immigration enforcement by proposing a commission to review ICE enforcement abuses and stating local police should not do federal immigration work, framed within public safety.

Brennan says local law enforcement should focus on local crime rather than federal immigration enforcement, and proposes a Wisconsin Accountability Commission to review ICE enforcement, along with investments in violence reduction and local departments.

Brennan highlights his tenure as Secretary of the Department of Administration, during which he cites growing the state's rainy-day fund and building a budget surplus. This emphasizes fiscal management as a priority.