DID YOU KNOW? If you were signed up to receive absentee ballots through the year 2020, you need to sign up again for 2021! Absentee ballot requests must be made every year. Register and request your absentee ballot at MyVote.WI.gov for the 2021 elections.
Spring Primary: Feb. 16, 2021 (top two candidates advance to spring election)
Spring Election: April 6, 2021
The Wisconsin Public Education Network is dedicated to making sure voters are informed on the important issues over which the State Superintendent of Public Instruction presides and where the candidates stand on them.

WISCONSIN PUBLIC EDUCATION NETWORK and LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN: State Superintendent Candidate Forum
All seven candidates for State Superintendent joined us on Jan. 7, 2021 for a fantastic two-hour, issue-oriented forum.
Watch our full video of the forum HERE, see it on the League of Women Voters of WI’s YouTube below (with caption capability), or access it on WisconsinEye.
Meet the Candidates (click on a candidate’s name to view their website)
- Sheila Briggs, briggsforkids@gmail.com
- Joe Fenrick, fenrickforeducation@gmail.com
- Troy Gunderson, troyforstatesup@gmail.com
- Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams, info@drhendricksforeducation.com
- Deborah Kerr, info@kerr4kids.com
- Steve Krull, info@krullforschools.com
- Jill Underly, contact@underlyforwi.com
Candidate Surveys & Questionnaires
- Click here to see the FULL RESULTS of the Wisconsin Public Education Network and League of Women Voters of Wisconsin State Superintendent Candidate Survey, released Jan. 6, 2021. Individual answers are linked below, along with the full text of our candidate survey.
Candidates’ Individual Answers to the Wisconsin Public Education Network’s Candidate Survey:
Click on a candidate’s name to view their responses to our questionnaire.
- Sheila Briggs
- Joe Fenrick
- Troy Gunderson
- Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams
- Deborah Kerr
- Steve Krull
- Jill Underly
- Click here to see results of the survey conducted by the School Administrators Alliance.
- Click here to see the 411 Information Page from the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin for all other spring election needs.
Full Text of Candidate Survey and Candidate Answers:



















































