July 28, 2026

By Mary Beth Gahan

Candidates and current state elected officials filed their semiannual campaign finance reports earlier this month. Here’s what is on the reports for the two candidates who are running for State Board of Education District 14, which includes Flower Mound. The State Board of Education sets curriculum standards, adopts textbooks, and oversees the Texas Permanent School Fund, which is an endowment for public schools and has $57 billion in assets.

The latest reports cover all activity from Jan. 1 to June 30.

Mindy Bumgarner
Note: Because Mindy Bumgarner filed a campaign finance report before the March primary, the newest report covers February 22 to June 30. We have combined both reports so they cover the same period as other candidates.

Mindy Bumgarner, the wife of State Rep. Ben Bumgarner and is the Republican candidate, raised $29,224.60, bringing her total contributions since entering the race to $130,724.60. Her largest donation received was $17,000 from the Denton County Republican Lincoln Cabinet. She also received $10,000 from Monty Bennett, CEO of Ashford Inc., a Dallas-based provider of asset management in the hospitality industry.

She reported spending $24,041.23 on signs, consulting, t-shirts, and a donation to the Flower Mound Firefighters Association . She also paid wages to her campaign manager, Kalon Melton, who is her husband’s deputy chief of staff.

Amy Taylor

Amy Taylor, a teacher who is running as a Democrat, raised $5,948.97, bringing her total contributions since entering the race to $7,782.59. Her largest contributors were Matthew Albanese, an estate planning attorney, and Bruce Taylor, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Both donated $1,000.

 She also received $500 from Grace Anne McKay, a teacher in Denton. Taylor’s other contributions were mostly small dollar-amounts from several teachers, a librarian, professor, and research scientist.

She reported spending $2,366.56, including fees to Act Blue for donation collection, website design, and Facebook ads. She also repaid herself $606.56 that she had loaned to the campaign in late last year.