Former City of Madison District 2 and 8 Alder and democratic socialist Juliana Bennett announced her campaign on a platform of affordable housing and increasing the minimum wage for the 76th state assembly district, which covers much of Madison’s downtown and isthmus, Sept. 30.
Bennett aims to fill the deep blue seat left open by Rep. Francesca Hong’s run for governor. Her platform advocates for affordable housing, a $23 minimum wage by 2030, no-cost child and health care and full funding for the Wisconsin public schooling system.
Bennett served on the Madison Common Council for two terms from April 2021 to April 2025…