Political spending for a pair of Hays CISD board trustee seats is ramping up as all six candidates ready during the lead-up to Election Day next month.

In the race for the Hays CISD at-large seat, candidate Debbie Munoz has outspent and outgained fellow challengers Doyla Burrell and Vanessa Petrea, according to campaign finance reports, which were due April 6.

Munoz, who had an unsuccessful bid for school board several years ago, exhausted all but $109 of the $1,995 in political contributions rece...