The Sacramento County Office of Education at the David P. Meaney Education Center in Rancho Cordova.
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The Sacramento Teachers Association is spending big to try to get two candidates on the Sacramento County Board of Education board, while the California Charter Schools Association is pumping money into their opponents.
The checks, which have been pouring in as the June 2 primary election nears, illustrate two competing interests that have a stake in decisions the seven-person board makes.
SCTA, which represents teachers in the Sacramento City Unified School District, has spent over $380,000 to support candidates Davon Thomas, Sacramento Children’s Fund Commissioner, and Annie Fischer,
Meanwhile, the CSSA has spent $128,826 to support candidates Dominique Donette and Paul Keefer, who is an incumbent on the board.
Anna Molander Hermann — who is also running against Donette and Thomas to replace the retiring Bina Lefkovitz — did not receive contributions from either group.
The board oversees 13 school districts and the Los Rios Community College District. The winner will be determined June 2.
Below is a selected list of donations to candidates in the race, including contributions from prominent organizations, companies, business owners, elected officials and other notable donors.
Contributions to Area 1 Candidate Davon ThomasSacramento City Teachers Association: $210,468, mostly in kindCalifornia School Employees Association: $2,500Sacramento County Young Democrats: $1,000Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento: $1,000Women Democrats of Sacramento County: $500Sacramento City Council Member Caity Maple’s campaign account: $250Former Sacramento City Council Member Steve Hansen: $250Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento: $250 
Davon Thomas, a candidate for Sacramento County Board of Education. Davon Thomas for School Board 2026 Contributions to Area 1 Candidate Dominique DonetteCharter Public Schools PAC (California Charter Schools Association): $78,439, including $2,472 in kindMichelle Boyers, CEO of the Give Forward Foundation: $10,000Campaign account of state Sen. Angelique Ashby, D-Sacramento: $10,000Douglas Love, CEO of Annexon Biosciences: $1,000April Javist, executive director of Sacramento Literacy Foundation: $1,000Adrienne Hall, COO of St. Hope Academy: $1,000Cassandra Jennings, president and CEO of St. Hope Academy: $1,000Marshall Tuck, EdVoice CEO: $1,000Delisa Herbert-Jones, Second Chances owner: $1,000Yolie Flores, president of Families in Schools: $200 
Dominique Donette, a candidate for Sacramento County Board of Education. Dominique Donette for School Board 2026 Contributions to Area 1 Candidate Anna Molander HermannPlumbers and Pipefitters Local 447: $2,500Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522: $1,000Campaign account of Assemblymember Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento: $1,000Sacramento-Sierra Building & Construction Trades Council PAC: $500Philip Angelides, president of Riverview Capital Investments: $500Laborers Local 185: $500Sotiris Kolokotronis, founder and president of SKK Development: $500Sacramento City Council Member Roger Dickinson: $200West Sacramento City Council Member Norma Alcala: $100 
Anna Molander Hermann, a candidate for Sacramento County Board of Education. Anna Molander Hermann for Sac County Office of Ed Contributions to Area 3 Candidate Annie FischerSacramento City Teachers Association: $172,073, mostly in kindCalifornia School Employees Association: $2,500Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee: $1,250Harry S. Truman Club: $1,000Women Democrats of Sacramento County: $500Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento: $250JFK Democratic Club: $150 
Annie Fischer, a candidate for Sacramento County Board of Education. Annie Fischer for Sacramento County Board of Education Contributions to Area 3 Candidate Paul KeeferCharter Public Schools PAC (California Charter Schools Association): $50,387, mostly for mailersEl Dorado Blue: $1,000Key Charter Advisors LLC: $1,000Bob Morales, chief external affairs officer of Life Learning Administrative Corp.: $500Jeff Rice, founder of Aplus+: $500Anthony Solina, executive director of Aspire Public Schools: $500Carlos Marquez III, executive director of the County Welfare Directors Association of California: $250Eric Premack, executive director of Charter Schools Development Center: $250Cassandra Jennings, CEO of St. Hope Academy: $200 
Paul Keefer, a candidate for Sacramento County Board of Education. Keefer for Sacramento County Board of Education 2026
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