The state schools superintendent elected this spring will have a remarkable amount of power.
Three candidates will be on the Feb. 18 primary ballot: incumbent Jill Underly, backed by the state Democratic Party, challenger Jeff Wright, a school superintendent from Sauk Prairie who’s backed by the political action committee of the state’s most powerful teachers union, and Brittany Kinser, who led independent public charter schools as well as City Forward Collective, a Milwaukee school reform nonprofit. The two with the most votes will progress to the April 1 general election.
