A record $1.02 million spent on state superintendent race, 80% of it by liberal groups.
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Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Apr 13th, 2021 03:34 pm
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Jill Underly. Photo courtesy of Underly for Wisconsin.
Outside election spending by special interest groups in this spring’s race for state school superintendent topped $1 million – a record, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign preliminary review found.
Pecatonica Area School Superintendent
Jill Underly, who was backed by Democratic-leaning groups and contributors in the nonpartisan April 6 race, defeated
Deborah Kerr, a retired Brown Deer School District superintendent, who was backed by GOP-leaning groups and contributors.
Eight outside groups spent $1.02 million in the race, which sharply surpassed the previous record of $693,722 in the 2009 contest for state school superintendent.