Amaad Rivera-Wagner
State representative
Democrat
Green Bay
Elected Experience
Wisconsin State Assembly (2025-present)
Q&A with the Candidate
Why should voters elect you?
Voters should re-elect me because I believe in showing up, listening, and turning community priorities into real results. In my first term, I helped pass bipartisan legislation expanding housing opportunities and to help DACA recipients (Dreamers) get access to local jobs, fought for veterans shelters, safer neighborhoods, stronger schools, consumer protections, and local control. I have held dozens of community conversations and attended hundreds of meetings and events because leadership should be rooted in the people we serve, not politics as usual. My story is Green Bay’s story: working hard, overcoming challenges, and believing government can be a force for good. I will keep choosing progress over politics, community over chaos, and results people can feel in their everyday lives. Green Bay deserves nothing less.
What is the top issue in your district? How would you address it?
My top priority is making government work for the people it serves. Across Green Bay, we see the problem is not that people are not working hard enough. The problem is that the system is not working for them. Homeownership, the cornerstone of the American Dream, feels more out of reach than ever. Health care decisions are being made by unaccountable companies instead of patients and their doctors. Property taxes keep rising while the state legislature refuses to act. I am running to change that. I will keep fighting to expand housing access, raise the minimum wage, hold health insurance companies accountable, fully fund our schools and regulate AI and data centers so our communities, workers, and families are protected. Government should make life better.
How should Wisconsin government operate differently than in the past?
Wisconsin government should look more like our communities and less like the chaos and cruelty of Washington, D.C. I was elected after the most gerrymandered maps in the country were overturned, and we have already seen what becomes possible: new coalitions, new policies, and bipartisan progress on housing and immigration. But to truly change the system, we need leaders who center our communities, not petty politics, extremism and conspiracy theories. I am proud that I am not just talking about that, I am doing it: holding more than 30 town halls and roundtables, attending over 500 community meetings, and passing bipartisan legislation that improves people’s lives.
What is your favorite fun Wisconsin history fact?
My favorite Wisconsin history fact is that our state has so often been first in the nation at showing how government can be a force for good. Wisconsin helped lead the way on unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, public sector unions, women’s voting rights, Earth Day, and the first statewide protections for LGBTQ people. That is what our state motto, “Forward,” really means to me. It is not just a slogan. It is a responsibility. I am proud to fight for a future rooted in that legacy: one where government protects people, expands opportunity, and helps communities thrive. With your support for re-election, we will continue to move Wisconsin forward, together.