Mike HarveyWrite-in campaigns are always a long shot, but Mike Harvey is aiming at grabbing the District 2 seat on the Hamilton County Board of Education.
Harvey launched his campaign shortly after the filing deadline passed with only Signal Mountain dentist Jonathan Welch’s name on the ballot. Current board member Chip Baker isn’t seeking re-election.
“I think voters deserve a choice,” Harvey said.
Both Harvey and Welch are lifelong Signal Mountain residents. Harvey has worked as an anesthetist at Erlanger hospital and a clinical instructor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Anesthesia for 31 years. Welch has worked at his family-owned dental practice for eight years.
Welch said he would like to see the district’s lowest-performing schools achieve at the level of the county’s top schools.