Jessie Rodriguez (R) Assembly seat in jeopardy

Assembly District 21 is now occupied by Republican Jessie Rodriguez from Oak Creek. The district will change slightly under the new maps by loosing South Milwaukee and gaining the Garden District, which makes this district much more competitive now. Will the Democrats carry this district by 6% like some experts think? Some more conservative projections show the new maps giving a slight “tilt” to the Democrats with a 4.9% projected margin.

Rep. Rodriguez recently says she can support medical “if” so long it was not used to legalize recreational marijuana. She remains opposed to recreational marijuana and uses the gateway theory and cites law enforcement concerns of medical diversion to the the recreational market.

Extremely late in the 2024 legislative session the Republicans finally unveiled their vision of medical marijuana for Wisconsin. The controversial bill was co-sponsored by Rep. Rodriguez. This is the first time since Rep. Rodriguez was elected in 2012 that she co-sponsored any positive cannabis reform measures. After serving 10 years in office, her time seems to be limited in the Assembly.

Rodriguez campaign facebook page has nothing posted since last fourth of July and her campaign Twitter account has the same 4th of July post.

The previous election cycle Rep. Rodriguez faced Democrat Nathan Jurowski who is a member of the South Milwaukee School Board. South Milwaukee is not in the Assembly District 21 so I do not look at him to run. We highly anticipate a Democrat challenger shortly.

The 2024 Wisconsin State Election is important for marijuana reform and I will continue to bring you election coverage as more candidates make their political moves.