Sylvia Wright is Wrong for South Carolina.

Wrong on accountability. Wrong allies. Wrong agenda for our kids.

See Her Record

Read the Complaint

Sylvia Wright speaking at an event, with rainbow Pride flags on the table in front of her — Sylvia Wright, Democratic nominee for Superintendent of Education

−$18,912

Ending balance on her First Quarter 2025 campaign report, as amended^[1]

10 days

Late on her pre-primary report: due May 25, filed June 4^[1]

4

Contributions from a registered teachers’ union lobbyist^[1]

9

Sections of the state Ethics Act cited in the complaint^[1]

Wrong on Accountability

She can’t balance her own books. Why trust her with yours?

On September 3, 2026, an ethics complaint asked the S.C. State Ethics Commission to investigate Sylvia Wright under nine sections of the state Ethics Act.^[12] Most of what it describes comes straight from campaign reports Wright signed and certified herself.^[3]

Spending money she didn’t have. According to the complaint, every campaign report Wright has filed since early 2025 shows a negative ending balance. Her First Quarter 2025 report, as amended, ends at −$18,912.08. Her reports don’t say where the extra money came from.^[13]
An excuse that doesn’t add up. Wright told The State that some filings contained duplicate expenditures. Take out every apparent duplicate from that quarter ($11,100) and her campaign is still $7,812.08 in the red.^[1]
Late when it counted. State law required her pre-primary report by May 25, 2026. She filed it June 4: ten days late and five days before voters went to the polls.^[1]
Taxpayer pay, reported as “private.” On her 2024 and 2025 Statements of Economic Interests, Wright listed income from Dorchester School District Four, a public school district, as private income. That sidesteps the extra disclosure the law requires for money from a government entity.^[12]
Money from a union lobbyist. She took four contributions from a registered lobbyist for the teachers’ union and listed the lobbyist as “Not Employed.” Follow the money ↓^[1]

In the news

Ethics complaint filed against S.C. Democrat candidate
FITSNews · September 9, 2026^[2]

The complaint accuses Wright of “running negative campaign balances, accepting contributions from a registered lobbyist, posting inaccurate data on her contributors and failing to properly disclose income received from taxpayers.”^[2]

Read the full complaint (PDF)

The superintendent oversees billions of your tax dollars. Wright can’t keep an accurate account of her own campaign. She’s Wrong for S.C.

Wrong Allies

The union picked her. Its lobbyist helped pay for her campaign.

The South Carolina Education Association’s PAC recommends Sylvia Wright for superintendent.^[5] The SCEA is the state affiliate of the National Education Association, and the NEA’s agenda has very little to do with teaching kids to read.

Follow the money

Wright’s reports show four 2025 contributions from MaryRita Watson. In January 2025, Watson registered with the State Ethics Commission as a lobbyist for the SCEA, with education as her lobbying subject.^[1]

South Carolina law bars candidates from taking contributions from a registered lobbyist who lobbies the office they’re seeking.^[4] Wright hasn’t reported refunding those contributions. And on her reports, she listed Watson’s occupation as “Not Employed.”^[1]

Whether Watson lobbied the Superintendent’s office is one of the questions the complaint asks the Ethics Commission to decide.

Sylvia Wright in a Wright 2026 shirt holding an NEA sign at an outdoor rally — Wright at a rally, holding an NEA sign

The NEA’s agenda

Opposed the federal bill to keep biological males out of girls’ sports^[6]
Condemned the Supreme Court for ending race-based college admissions, a statement the SCEA posted on its own website^[7]
Voted to “publicly stand in defense of abortion”^[8]
Calls for a ban on so-called assault weapons^[9]
Declares that “ICE does not belong in our schools or communities”^[10]

South Carolina’s teachers deserve a superintendent who works for them, not for union lobbyists. She’s Wrong for S.C.

Wrong Company

You can tell a lot about a candidate by who she stands with.

Sylvia Wright’s photo album reads like a who’s who of the national left. Here’s what they stand for.

California Congressman

Ro Khanna

Defended engaging with streamer Hasan Piker, whose comments House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called “dangerous and antisemitic”^[1112]
Introduced a 5% annual wealth tax with Bernie Sanders, and backs California’s billionaire tax^[1314]
Endorsed and campaigned for DSA member Zohran Mamdani for New York mayor^[1516]

Why would a South Carolina superintendent candidate choose to stand with him?

California Governor

Gavin Newsom

Most California students spent most of the 2020–21 school year fully online^[17]
Kept a statewide school mask mandate until March 2022, and announced the nation’s first COVID vaccine requirement for students^[1819]
Signed a law barring schools from requiring staff to tell parents about a child’s gender identity^[20]
Adopted a math framework that calls for “teaching toward social justice”^[2122]
Spends more per student than most states, yet scored below the national average in 2024 NAEP math^[232425]

Not what South Carolina students need.

Minnesota Governor

Tim Walz

Fraud “swamped” Minnesota’s social services system on his watch, The New York Times reported. Federal prosecutors say more than $1 billion in taxpayer money was stolen^[26]
Dropped his bid for a third term amid the scandal in January 2026^[27]

Walz couldn’t keep track of taxpayer money. Neither can Wright’s campaign.

Photos: Sylvia Wright with Rep. Ro Khanna, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. Tim Walz.

Khanna. Newsom. Walz. That’s not South Carolina. Sylvia Wright is Wrong for S.C.

South Carolina is moving forward. Don’t let her take us back.

Under Superintendent Ellen Weaver, South Carolina students are posting results the rest of the country is noticing. Sylvia Wright would hand that progress to union lobbyists and national Democrats.

Ellen Weaver’s record

Record math scores. 47.9% of students met or exceeded expectations on state math tests in 2026, the strongest math year on record. Reading and writing rose to 61.3%.^[28]
Beating the national trend. South Carolina’s fourth-grade math score on the Nation’s Report Card rose from 234 to 238 in 2024.^[29]
Phone-free classrooms. A statewide, bell-to-bell cellphone ban keeps students focused on learning.^[30]
Paying teachers like professionals. Starting teacher pay reaches $50,500 in the new state budget, a priority Weaver championed.^[31]

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