2021 Wisconsin elections
2021 Wisconsin elections for Superintendent of Public Instruction and other offices
The 2021 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 6, 2021. There was one statewide race—for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Additionally, two special elections occurred for the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly, as well as other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. The 2021 Spring primary was held on February 16, 2021.
An additional special election for the 37th Assembly district was held on July 13, 2021.
In the election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Democrats' preferred candidate, Jill Underly, prevailed. Republicans, however, won both special elections for the Wisconsin Legislature, and Republicans' preferred candidates won both contested elections for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
State elections
Executive
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor did not seek election to a full term. Taylor had been appointed to the seat by Governor Tony Evers, the previous Superintendent of Public Instruction, to fill the remainder of his term after he was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
Eight candidates filed petitions by the state deadline to run for election to this seat, of which, seven were approved.
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