MADISON, Wis. – A Wisconsin native finishing law school at Harvard, Aaron Nytes, announced online that he’s a candidate for the Democratic nomination to unseat Republican Congress member Derick Van Orden in the 2024 election. Nytes, age 25, has not held public office before. He grew up in Harford near Milwaukee. He holds a degree from Marquette University. He has worked at the Les Aspin Center government in Washington and also the nonprofit International Rights Advocates. In Wisconsin he was at the Milwaukee Legal Aid Society. Later he was at the state attorney general’s Office. At Harvard he volunteered in the Prison Legal Assistance project. His Harvard focus, he said, has been on labor law. He has been an intern for the Milwaukee Justice Center and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin. His campaign focus, he said, will be on agriculture, labor rights, healthcare, the environment, education, and social issues.
Nytes. An eclectic background in political and social issues.