The final person to file campaign finance paperwork with the Hamilton County Election Commission for the May 3 school board primary tipped the scales in the election – partisan for the first time under a new state law – in favor of the Republicans.
The Times Free Press last updated the totals based on the filings available on the commission’s website as of April 11, and according to that data, Democrats had out-raised Republicans $27,776 to $23,797.
Contributions to Republican Virginia Anne Manson, running for District 11, were filed late in the day on April 11 but not posted online by the commission until later. Including her contributions, Republicans outpaced their Democrat counterparts in campaign contributions – $52,712 to $28,157, according to a Times Free Press review of campaign finance forms filed with the commission.
With the May 3 primary less than a month away, the 22 school board candidates collectively raised more than $80,000, according to the reports.
Manson is running unopposed in the Republican primary. She reported raising just less than $33,000, the highest amount raised by any school board candidate so far.