Which Cincinnati-area school board candidates raised the most money this election season?

School board candidates in Greater Cincinnati pulled in more than $100,000 for their campaigns this election season, records show.

The money will help them Nov. 7 in their races for seats that govern local schools. School boards make and review school policies, hire superintendents and oversee school budgets.

These reports include money candidates raised for their main campaign committees. Some candidates may be backed by other political action committees that filed their own reports.

Here's a look at the top fundraisers running for local school board seats on the ballot Tuesday.

Ben Lindy for Cincinnati Public Schools

Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education President Ben Lindy raised the most funds by far in his run for reelection. Lindy's campaign committee brought in $44,447.09 between July 29 and Oct. 25, according to its latest report. That's in addition to the nearly $50,000 he already had in his campaign finance account from before July.

Among the contributions to his campaign was a $9,000 donation from the New York-based Leadership for Educational Equity, a civic leadership development group. That's one of the highest one-time donations to any candidate, running for any position, in Hamilton, Butler, Clermont or Warren counties. Leadership for Educational Equity is a national program made up of alumni from several educational organizations including Teach For America, where Lindy taught and recently served as executive director for the southwest Ohio region.

The Ohio Democratic Party also donated a large amount to Lindy's campaign: nearly $7,000. However, Lindy's committee also contributed more than $7,000 to the Ohio Democratic Party and $5,000 to the Hamilton County Democratic Party.

The committee spent about $50,000 between July 7 and Oct. 13 on Lindy's campaign staff, yard signs, consulting services and other merchandise. About $23,000 went to JM2, a political mail consulting agency dedicated to electing Democrats.

Kenneth Kuhn for Forest Hills School District

Kenneth Kuhn for Forest Hills School Board collected $18,205 between July 14 and Oct. 16, according to the campaign's report.

The committee spent nearly $6,000 between July 26 and Oct. 16 on flyers, stamps, decals, signs and shirts.

Kuhn's running mate, Kevin Comerford, gave more than $1,500 to Kuhn's campaign through Comerford's own campaign finance committee. The two are endorsed by Ohio Value Voters, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage. Such nonprofits are called dark money groups because they do not have to disclose their funders.

Anderson Township resident Lisa Daly gave about $3,000 to the campaign in separate installments, and Curt Hartman, a local lawyer known for suing local school boards for breaking open meetings laws, gave $300 to Kuhn's campaign. Current Forest Hills school board President Linda Hausfeld gave $75.

Kendra Mapp for Cincinnati Public Schools

Kendra Mapp, who is endorsed by the Hamilton County Democratic Party in her run for Cincinnati Public Schools, raised $11,530 through her campaign committee, between July 1 and Oct. 18.

The committee spent more than $8,000 between June 3 and Oct. 18 on yard signs, shirts and building a website.

Eve Bolton's committee was the biggest contributor to Mapp's campaign. Bolton is also endorsed by the Democrats, and her campaign committee contributed about $10,000 to Mapp's.

Current school board member Mary Wineberg also contributed $150 to Mapp's campaign.

The Matriots political action committee contributed $1,300 to Mapp's campaign. The organization's mission is to get more women elected to various political seats in Ohio.

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Kevin Comerford for Forest Hills School District

Kevin Comerford's campaign committee Comerford for School Board raised $10,853.72 between July 16 and Oct. 17. He's running for a seat on the Forest Hills school board.

The committee spent more than $9,000 between July 6 and Oct. 17 on yard signs, stamps, decals, business cards and campaign consulting services.

Daly, the Anderson Township resident who contributed a large amount to Comerford's running mate Kuhn, also contributed $500 to Comerford's campaign. One of Comerford's most generous contributors is Don Oeters of EnterTrainment Junction, a 25,000-square-foot immersive model train display. Oeters donated $3,000 to Comerford's campaign.

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Danni Tymitz for Mason City Schools

Danni Tymitz is running for Mason City Schools board of education. Her campaign finance committee brought in $8,784.21 between June 29 and Oct. 18.

The committee spent nearly $8,000 between July 18 and Oct. 18 on pens, pencils, yard signs, shirts, koozies and food for events.

The Matriots PAC for women leadership contributed $700 to Tymitz's campaign.

Adrienne James for Sycamore Community Schools

Adrienne James, a former Sycamore Schools superintendent who is now running for the district's school board, raised $7,660 between Aug. 1 and Oct. 18, through her campaign committee James4Sycamore.

The committee spent nearly $5,000 between Aug. 23 and Oct. 31, mostly on printing and mailing postcards, and fees for the third party fundraising platform GiveButter.

Her husband Lawrence James contributed the most to the campaign finance committee, for yard signs.

Myra Powers for Milford Exempted Village School District

Myra Powers' campaign committee raised $6,393.57 for her run for Milford school board, between Aug. 16 and Oct. 18, according to its report.

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The committee spent more than $3,000 between July 26 and Oct. 18 on yard signs, shirts and Facebook advertising.

The Matriots also donated to Powers' campaign, contributing $600. LEAD Ohio, a progressive political action committee, contributed $500 to Powers' campaign committee.

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