Author: Jonathan Brostoff

To the people of the 19th Assembly District, As I near the end of my time as your State Representative, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the last eight years. I came to Madison with one goal – to serve the people of the 19th Assembly District by providing effective, progressive leadership within the halls of the State Capitol. I believe that I met that goal. While there is still much work to be done at the State level by my colleagues and Governor Evers over the years to come, there are a few specific successes...

A mismanaged, hyper-partisan “election review.” Multiple, ridiculous calls for resignations. A sitting U.S. Senator suggesting legislative Republicans take over election administration from nonpartisan officials. Threats of legal action and jail time for election officials and mayors. Once upon a time, states were viewed as the “laboratories of democracy.” But today, in the long wake of the 2020 presidential election, Republicans are trying to turn Wisconsin into a laboratory of autocracy. First things first: it is crucial that we acknowledge, often and loudly, that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square. He won the Electoral College vote...