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Article: Wisconsin briefs
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- February 18, 2009
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Evers, Hernandez advance in primaryMADISON - Two polar opposite
candidates, one with 34 years of professional education experience
and the other with none, advanced in Tuesday's primary for the
nonpartisan position of state superintendent.Tony Evers, the deputy
superintendent of public instruction, along with virtual schools
advocate Rose Fernandez got the most votes in the field of five
candidates, based on preliminary results.With 71 percent of
precincts reporting, Evers was the top vote-getter with 37 percent.
Fernandez had 30 percent.Eliminated in the primary were Concordia
University professor Van Mobley, 13 percent, National-Louis
University professor Todd Price, 12 percent, and ...