Ben Wikler
Ben Wikler was raised in Madison, Wisconsin, where he now lives with his wife, Beth, and their three children. Ben has spent his life fighting for economic, social, and racial justice. In his work, most recently for the progressive group MoveOn.org, Ben has played a leadership role in some of the most critical political fights of recent years—from the successful battle to save the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, to the defense of Dreamers, immigrants, and refugees, to the rise of the Blue Wave of 2018. While working across the country, Ben has always stayed connected to his Wisconsin roots, recently working to help elect the Evers/Barnes ticket and sounding the alarm about the GOP power grab after their victory. Now the Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, he believes we can supercharge grassroots energy in every part of Wisconsin to fight for our progressive agenda, and secure Democratic victories all the way up and down the ticket for years to come. From a young age, Ben has been driven by a passion for change and inspired by Wisconsin’s progressive tradition. He got his start as a campaign volunteer when, at the age eleven, he stuffed envelopes and put up yard signs for the Congressional campaign of his godmother, Ada Deer. As a high school student at Madison West, he went on to volunteer for then-Assemblywoman Tammy Baldwin; crisscross Wisconsin for Ed Garvey’s gubernatorial campaign, and organize a student campaign to increase school funding.