State Superintendent Candidate Forum January 7

The Wisconsin Public Education Network and the League of Women Voters are holding a State Superintendent Candidate Forum on January 7 at 7 p.m. This is a great opportunity to hear from the crowded field of candidates vying to replace State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor--who is not running for re-election-- before the February 16, 2021 primary. Register to attend here and submit a potential question about WEMTA's priority issues here. 

There are currently seven candidates registered with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC). In order to officially get on the ballot, each candidate needs to submit at least 2,000 valid signatures to the WEC by January 5, 2021. 

The candidates trying to get on the primary ballot are: Sheila Briggs, an assistant state superintendent for the Department of Public Instruction; Joe Fenrick, a Fond du Lac Teacher; Troy Gunderson, who recently retired as superintendent of the West Salem School District; Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams, Director of Governor Tony Evers’ Milwaukee Office and Education Administrative Director of DPI’s Teacher Education, Professional Development and Licensing (TEPDL) team; Deborah Kerr, former superintendent in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer; Steve Krull, a principal at Milwaukee's Garland Elementary School; and Jill Underly, superintendent of the rural Pecatonica Area School District.

The top two vote-getters from the February 16 primary will advance to the general election on April 6.