Wisconsin's top education official facing challengers on both flanks The race to become Wisconsin’s top education official pits the Democratic-backed incumbent against a school choice advocate aligned with Republicans and a rural school superintendent who has garnered support from teachers unions and school administrators.
Wisconsin schools don't need the $4 billion Underly requested, Wright said, but he does support increasing funding so that districts don't have to ask voters to increase their property taxes.
Kinser let her state administrator license expire last summer, which Wright and Underly have said makes her unqualified to lead the education department.
In a blow to Underly, the political action committee of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest teachers union, recommended supporting Wright, although it stopped short of a full endorsement.
Wisconsin is the only state where voters elect the top education official but there is no state board of education.
