Outside spending in superintendent race tops $1 million
April 5, 2021
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Outside spending in Wisconsin s race for state superintendent has topped $1 million, the most ever spent by special interests trying to influence the officially nonpartisan race, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign said Monday.
The group tracks spending on political campaigns, including the one to be decided Tuesday. The race for Department of Public Instruction secretary pits Pecatonica school district superintendent Jill Underly against former Brown Deer superintendent Deb Kerr.
Underly has the backing of the state teachers union and a wide array of Democrats, while Kerry is favored by many conservatives, including former Gov. Scott Walker.
Special interest group spending tops $1 million in superintendent race
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Special interest group spending tops $1 million in superintendent race
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State superintendent candidate Jill Underly speaks to people at a campaign event Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Waukesha, Wis. Angela Major/WPR
The race to lead Wisconsin’s state education agency like so many education battles over the past year has centered on the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways it has widened existing inequalities.
Across the state, districts have approached pandemic learning in a multitude of ways. And as superintendent of the Pecatonica Area School District,
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