Amaad Rivera-Wagner (born December 1981) is an American community organizer and Democratic politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
[3] He was active community and social issues from an early age; in middle school he contributed several articles to a youth-focused section of the local newspaper, The Republican.
His articles dealt with issues such as drug abuse, the O. J. Simpson murder trial, racism and prejudice, and underage drinking.
[11] His term on the City Council was set to expire just a year after his inauguration; rather than running for re-election in his district in 2011, he sought to move into an at-large seat, where he only had to finish within the top five vote-getters in a city-wide election.
In 2018, Rivera made another bid for elected office, launching a primary challenge against incumbent Democratic state senator James T.
Rivera had become active in the March for Our Lives movement after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and received the endorsement of the Springfield chapter of the organization in his primary bid.
[19] As a city employee, Rivera-Wagner was assigned to provide logistical support for the massive central count of Green Bay's absentee ballots for the 2020 United States presidential election.
After Joe Biden won the election, the defeated outgoing president, Donald Trump, sought to blame fraud involving absentee ballots for his loss.
Although Rivera-Wagner's role in the central count was just logistical issues such as organizing parking passes and media access, he became a focus of attention from Republican allies of Donald Trump.
He also managed the city funds for a major real estate redevelopment project on Green Bay's east side, on 25 acres of land donated by JBS Foods International.
Rivera-Wagner secured the endorsement of Mayor Genrich and the outgoing state representative, Shelton, before announcing his campaign, and was then the only Democrat to run in the district.