This mixed methods research explores superintendents’ beliefs about and engagement in state education policymaking processes. Through interviews with 58 superintendents and a national survey of superintendents, I find that superintendents feel their voices have value in state policymaking spaces; however, actual policy engagement is relatively low. Three factors shape superintendents’ state policy engagement: (1) personal and professional capacity, (2) proximity to State Capitol building, and (3) perceived weight of voice, which superintendents often associated with district size. Leadership preparation programs, professional organizations, researchers, and policymakers may draw on this work to reduce inequalities in superintendents’ access to education policy spaces.