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STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented year of hardship for educators, students, and parents. School closures, remote learning, and broadband connectivity challenges created circumstances that left many school districts scrambling for answers.
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A record $1.02 million spent on state superintendent race, 80% of it by liberal groups. By Wisconsin Democracy Campaign - Apr 13th, 2021 03:34 pm //end headline wrapper ?>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.
In a contentious race that has drummed up millions of dollars for campaigning and attack ads, Deborah Kerr and Jill Underly will face off April 6 for the top position overseeing K-12 education in Wisconsin.
The winner will replace current state superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor, who was appointed by Tony Evers when he left the post to become governor. Taylor did not seek to keep the position.
Kerr, former superintendent of Brown Deer Schools, has been backed by former Gov. Scott Walker and other conservatives, though she self-identified as a “pragmatic Democrat.” Left-leaning groups and politicians have aligned with Underly, superintendent of the Pecatonica School District in southwest Wisconsin.
UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 9:56 pm CT
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Patch will be updating results from the state Superintendent of Public Instruction Race. (Patch Graphics)
WISCONSIN Jill Underly is the projected winner in the Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction election, according to a race call made by The Associated Press.
Underly defeated Deborah Kerr in Tuesday s statewide election. Underly had been backed by Democrats in the statewide race, getting endorsements from Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Reps. Mark Pocan, Ron Kind and Gwen Moore.
Patch will update this article with the latest results as they come in:
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Jill Underly: 392,169 votes
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Unofficial results as tabulated by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.