Two conservative candidates seeking to be the State Superintendent of Public Instruction have reportedly discussed offers for one of them to drop out the race in exchange for a high-paying taxpayer-financed job after the election, according to a report Wednesday in the Wisconsin State Journal.
According to the article, candidates Lowell Holz and John Humphries, who are vying to challenge State Superintendent Tony Evers, discussed ideas whereby one would drop out of the race in exchange for a taxpayer-funded $150,000 job within the Department of Public Instruction should one of them defeat Evers in the general election April 4. The primary election is Tuesday, February 21.
The WEAC Board is recommending the re-election of Evers.
Read the entire story in the Wisconsin State Journal:
State superintendent candidate: Challenger offered six figure job to drop out of race
A candidate for state superintendent allegedly offered an opponent a six-figure job in order to drop out of the race and sought the same for himself if he dropped out, his challenger claimed Wednesday.
Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin superindentent candidates Humphries, Holtz tangle on alleged post-election job offers
John Humphries alleged Wednesday that a rival candidate for state school superintendent, Lowell Holtz, offered to drop out in exchange for a promise of a $150,000-a-year job in a potential Humphries administration, plus a driver and vast power to break up or take over urban school districts.