Dr. Bradley said. But it's not like that now. Incumbents also have some advantages their challengers do not. One is free and ready access to information about the schools that people not connected with the district must request under the state Freedom of Information Act, which takes time and money. The laptop computers provided them by the district came loaded with voter registration lists, although not updated, that could have been used to create mailing labels at taxpayer expense.
Postal records show none of the incumbents did that, however.
The incumbent also is proud that the county's school facilities are among the best in the state. On average, most of them are less than 15 years old, according to district administrators. Mr. Hunter said. He publicly has said he was instrumental in bringing to the county Superintendent Linda Eldridge. He is challenging Mr. Hunter, who has served on the board since 1993.