Superintendent candidates verbally battle for GOP nomination

4.25.22 - State superintendent candidates Debbie Critchfield, Branden Durst and Sherri Ybarra verbally battled for the Republican nomination Monday night, energetically clashing on school policy and trading one-liners in an hour-long debate broadcast across the state.

The three GOP primary contenders put their campaign messaging on full display during Idaho Public Television’s Idaho Debates. Ybarra flexed her seven years in office, Critchfield struck at Ybarra’s lack of leadership, and Durst, again, portrayed himself as an outsider in the field.

“I believe we need to get government out of the way and let parents lead as God intended,” Durst said.

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