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Evatt tops school board candidates in fundraising

PDF: Karen Farrow Statement PDF: Mike Evatt Statement PDF: Dean W. Arnold Statement PDF: Gary D. Potter Statement PDF: Caleb Long Statement PDF: Ken Smith Statement PDF: Timothy Stephenson Disclosure Statement PDF: Gary “Pat” Patterson Statement PDF: Joe C. Galloway Statement

Former school employee Mike Evatt has raised and spent about twice as much money on his campaign for the Hamilton County Board of Education as any of the other candidates who filed financial disclosure forms Thursday.

In statements due a week before the election, Evatt raised $13,267.13, including $100 each from Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond and County Commissioner Larry Henry, and $500 from the Committee to Elect Claude Ramsey.

Evatt, who is running for the District 9 seat, has spent all but $540.70 of that, records show.

“I had one or two supporters who said, ‘You sure are spending a lot of money.’ But I’m not spending my money,” he said. “I’m spending money that people who want me on the school board have given me.”