Brennan pitches experience, relationship-building in Democratic primary for governor

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: July 10, 2026

Words: 2,665

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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Joel Brennan was taking a break from his shift at a Sheboygan County Dairy Breakfast on a sunny Saturday morning in June. Outside the sprawling barn where he’d been handing out sausages to hungry customers, he met up with Rosemary Verheyen.

A Wisconsin native who moved back to the state after spending most of her career in California, Verheyen, 66, had looked up Brennan’s campaign for governor on Facebook — part of a personal project …

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