Democratic candidate Mo Green won his bid for North Carolina’s superintendent of public instruction with 51.09% of the votes statewide.
State superintendent of public instruction oversees day-to-day operations of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, serves as secretary and chief administrative officer of the State Board of Education and serves in the North Carolina Council of State.
The superintendent’s race has gained national attention for one of North Carolina’s most polarizing races on the ballot. Republican candidate Michele Morrow turned heads by expressing support for abolishing the North Carolina Department of Education and cutting the state off from federal funds.
Green himself has opposed public funding for private school vouchers, which breaks from the state general assembly on the education policy debate of the last legislative session.
“Part of what we think we are going to do is try to be sure that folks understand the nature of this voucher program,” Green told Elon News Network. “Also be clear that these are dollars that we could be utilizing to do exactly what we need to be doing to do things like fund and pay our educators higher compensation.”
Green previously served as superintendent of Guilford County schools for seven years and later executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation — a foundation in North Carolina that supports public education — from 2016 to 2023.
Throughout the election cycle, Green has campaigned on preparing children for the next phase of their lives, investing more money into public education, ensuring safe learning environments and enhancing community support for students.