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School board candidates draw donations from outside their districts

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / A sign outside the gym at the Tyner Community Center informs people where to vote March 5. State and federal primaries, as well as a county-level general elections, are Thursday.
Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / A sign outside the gym at the Tyner Community Center informs people where to vote March 5. State and federal primaries, as well as a county-level general elections, are Thursday. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / A sign outside the gym at the Tyner Community Center informs people where to vote March 5. State and federal primaries, as well as a county-level general elections, are Thursday.

By Shannon Coan 5 min read

With less than a week to go before the general election, the 11 candidates vying for six seats on the Hamilton County Board of Education had collectively raised more than $180,000.

From April 1 to July 22, the candidates raised $99,148, surpassing the $86,694 they raised from the start of campaigning through March.

The election is Thursday.

Voters selected Democrat Jackie Anderson-Thomas, of Chattanooga, during the March primary election to serve as the District 4 representative on the school board. The district includes the downtown area. There are no Republican or independent challengers in the race.

In races for the other five seats, five Republicans will face three Democrats and two independents. As of July 25, the last filing deadline before the election, Republican candidates outpaced their Democratic and independent counterparts in campaign contributions, raising an average of $20,298 per candidate to $15,166 and $15,060, respectively.