Wake County school board candidate Jim Martin has maintained his commanding fundraising lead over Cynthia Matson in the District 5 race.
A new campaign finance report filed this week shows Martin had raised $31,534.46 as of Sept. 26 with $19,787.51 on hand. In contrast, Matson had only raised $8,517.10 as of Sept. 26 with $2,132.38 on hand.
The largest donors for Martin in the new report are the $2,000 from Capitol Broadcasting CEO Jim Goodmon and $500 from Wake Citizens for Good Government.
Some other donors in the new report include U.S. Rep. David Price, former school board member Tom Oxholm and recently retired Area Superintendent Ann Hooker.
Martin has paid Perry Woods $6,795.54 for consulting services.
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