MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic-backed state education chief Jill Underly has won reelection.
Underly defeated her Republican-aligned opponent Brittany Kinser on Tuesday. Underly will guide policies affecting K-12 schools as superintendent during President Donald Trump’s second term. Underly was first elected in 2021 and ran as a champion of public schools.
Wisconsin is the only state where voters elect the top education official but there is no state board of education. That gives the superintendent broad authority to oversee education policy, from dispersing school funding to managing teacher licensing.