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RandySF

(73,078 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:30 PM Feb 13

In Wisconsin school superintendent race, one candidate is far ahead in fundraising

The primary election for Wisconsin state superintendent isn't until Feb. 18, but the fundraising race appears to have already been won.

Wauwatosa education consultant Brittany Kinser has signficantly outraised both of her Democratic opponents, according to the latest campaign finance reports. Her half-million dollar haul ($508,000) so far this year is nearly four times as much as state Superintendent Jill Underly raised ($132,000) and about 13 times as much as Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright ($38,000).

Kinser calls herself a moderate but is backed by conservatives for her pro-school choice positions. Underly, the incumbent, is backed by the Democratic Party, though Wright has chipped away at some of her base.

Both state parties are pumping their preferred candidate's campaigns with cash at an unprecedented level for a state superintendent election at this stage of the race, shattering any assumption about it being a nonpartisan election.




https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2025/02/13/brittany-kinser-leads-in-2025-wisconsin-superintendent-race-fundraising/77519215007/

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In Wisconsin school superintendent race, one candidate is far ahead in fundraising (Original Post) RandySF Feb 13 OP
Kinser is a pro "school choice" candidate meaning AllyCat Feb 13 #1

AllyCat

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1. Kinser is a pro "school choice" candidate meaning
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:47 PM
Feb 13

Tax-payer funded schools for the rich.

NO THANK YOU.

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