<p><i>This </i><a class="Link" href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/07/17/campaign-contribution-limits-lifted-in-school-board-president-election/" target="_blank" ><i>story was published in partnership </i></a><i>with Chalkbeat Chicago.</i></p><p>Campaign fundraising in the race to serve on Chicago's first fully elected school board is picking up momentum, with $1.8 million raised since last October and contribution caps now lifted in the competition for president.</p><p>A WBEZ and Chalkbeat analysis of money candidates received from Oct. 1, 2025 to June 30 found the majority of that total – $1.2 million — went to people running to lead the 21-member board. The board president is the only member who is elected citywide.</p><p>Attorney Victor Henderson gave himself half-a-million dollars in loans, which lifted donation limits for all five candidates vying for the president role.