Merrill Foto News Preliminary Apr. 6 election results
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
In the only contested statewide race, Jill Underly emerged the winner and will become the next Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Wisconsin, with 526,286 votes (57.66 percent of the votes cast). Deborah Kerr received 386,392 votes, or 42.34 percent. [Statistical source: Wisconsinvote.org] Underly also led the race in Lincoln County but only had an 84 vote lead over Kerr locally when the polls closed here.
Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District III
Two candidates were vying for the one available spot on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for District III.