In first ad, Brennan emphasizes housing

Assembly candidate Katie Brennan launched her first digital ad of the campaign, focused on improving housing affordability. 

The campaign will put five figures into the advertisement. The ad, made with a single continuous shot, tracks Brennan’s education and work as a housing expert.

“Housing is the single most important issue in New Jersey right now. It’s the number one reason why the state is so expensive,” Brennan said in a release. “I’ve dedicated my entire career to making housing more affordable, and I’m running to bring that fight to Trenton.”

The 32nd district, which includes parts of Jersey City and Hoboken, will be home to a crowded Democratic primary this June.

Brennan is running on a slate with Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla.

Incumbent Assemblywoman Jessica Ramirez (D-Jersey City) is running on Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s ticket alongside Jersey City Councilman Yousef Saleh.

The Hudson Democratic Organization is backing Jennie Pu, the director of the Hoboken Public Library and a PTA president in Jersey City, and Crystal Fonseca, a manager at the Jersey City Department of Public Safety and a former Newark school board member.

Incumbent John Allen, once chief of staff for Bhalla, is not running for re-election. 

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Transcript

“I’m Katie Brennan, and I turned a master’s in urban planning …

Into a career as a housing expert …

Working at the federal, state, and local level to make housing more affordable.

I helped to secure the largest investment in affordable homes in New Jersey history …

And built a national model for housing families with serious medical needs.

Now, I’m running for State Assembly, to make Hudson County more affordable …

And turn my experience into our results.”