Meet the 11th Assembly District candidates in the Democratic primary in Tuesday's election

Two candidates are running in the Democratic primary for the 11th Assembly District seat of the state Legislature in the Aug. 13 primary election.

Amillia Heredia and Sequanna Taylor face off in the primary. There's no Republican candidate so the primary winner will win the Nov. 5 general election.

There's no incumbent in the race because the previous incumbent, Dora Drake, won a special election in July for the 4th Senate District seat and is running for a full four-year term in November.

The 11th Assembly District includes parts of Milwaukee further north and west of the 10th Assembly District, with Havenwoods State Forest as the center point.

See the new state Assembly districts

This map shows Wisconsin state Assembly districts under the previous 2022 map on the left, and the new 2024 map on the right. Each district is colored according to whether itleans Democrat, leans Republican, or is acompetitive district (within 5%).

Old maps (2022)

New maps (2024)

Note: The partisan lean of districts is calculated based on voting data from national and local elections from 2016 to 2022. Districts with less than 5% difference in Republican and Democratic votes are considered competitive districts.

Map by Andrew Hahn and Eva Wen / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Here's what to know about the candidates:

Amillia Heredia

• Residence: Milwaukee

• Political experience: Two-term UW-Milwaukee student government president

• Occupation: Milwaukee County Board intern

• Policies: On her campaign website, Heredia lists her priorities as expanding children's access to housing, food and education; enacting transformative justice; increasing access to health care; and improving the foster care system.

Sequanna Taylor

• Residence: Milwaukee

• Political experience: Milwaukee County supervisor, 5th District, since 2016; former Milwaukee School Board member

• Occupation: Family Violence Prevention program coordinator, City of Milwaukee; Milwaukee County supervisor

• Policies: In an interview with Urban Milwaukee, Taylor listed issues she's interested in working on at the state level that include youth empowerment and education, health and human needs, mental health, housing, economic development and the criminal justice system.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Meet 11th Assembly District candidates in Democratic primary election