The two candidates voters choose will take part in a runoff election on Apr. 6.
The winner will replace current state Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who has been in the position since 2019 when Tony Evers became governor. She is not running for reelection.
Here is a bit about each of the candidates:
Shelia Briggs
Briggs taught kindergarteners for three decades and then became a principal. She later worked at the Madison district office as the Elementary Lead Principal. Evers asked her to be an Assistant State Superintendent in 2011 for the Department of Public Instruction and was later re-appointed by Stanford Taylor in 2019.
It probably seems like you just voted in November’s presidential election. But next Tuesday, yet another election is on the ballot in Wisconsin, a primary
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The seven candidates vying for the post of state superintendent are all hoping to put forth a vision for bringing Wisconsin’s schools out of the chaos of the pandemic and into a more equitable future. It’s a field crowded with teachers, principals, superintendents and policy experts with years of experience and perspective. They all hope to distinguish themselves before voters go to the polls in a Feb. 16 primary. An April 6 general election will determine which of the remaining two contenders will step into Wisconsin’s highest education post, overseeing the state’s more than 2,000 public schools.