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Through 2014, Boffy received $145,661 in campaign contributions in her non-salaried position. This amount includes $40,000 from the [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://influenceexplorer.com/politician/boffy-holly/80100f3bd35846b9a0a05bd248c7fc4f|title=Holly Boffy|publisher=influenceexplorer.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> She received $5,000 in 2015 from former [[New York City]] [[Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]] of the PAC called Stand for Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theneworleanstribune.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BILLIONBESE.pdf|title=Billionaires and their Super PACS Vie for Control of Education in Louisiana|author=Elizabeth K. Jeffers|publisher=''The New Orleans Tribune''|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref>

Through 2014, Boffy received $145,661 in campaign contributions in her non-salaried position. This amount includes $40,000 from the [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://influenceexplorer.com/politician/boffy-holly/80100f3bd35846b9a0a05bd248c7fc4f|title=Holly Boffy|publisher=influenceexplorer.com|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref> She received $5,000 in 2015 from former [[New York City]] [[Mayor]] [[Michael Bloomberg]] of the PAC called Stand for Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theneworleanstribune.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BILLIONBESE.pdf|title=Billionaires and their Super PACS Vie for Control of Education in Louisiana|author=Elizabeth K. Jeffers|publisher=''The New Orleans Tribune''|accessdate=November 15, 2015}}</ref>

On October 15, 2015, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' reported that PAC-Empower Louisiana had available $818,000 for the BESE races. Prominent PAC members include Alice and Jim Walton, [[Wal-Mart]] heirs who reside in Bentonville, [[Arkansas]], and Eli Broad of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Four candidates in eight districts, including Boffy, re-elected board vice president James Garvey, Jr., in District 1 ([[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]), and the newly-elected [[Sandy Holloway]] in District 3, were declared "acceptable" to the PAC. Boffy received $107,145; Garvey, $230,459, and Holloway, $87,696.<ref>{{cite web|url=

On October 15, 2015, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' reported that PAC-Empower Louisiana had available $818,000 for the BESE races. Prominent PAC members include Alice and Jim Walton, [[Wal-Mart]] heirs who reside in Bentonville, [[Arkansas]], and Eli Broad of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. Four candidates in eight districts, including Boffy, re-elected board vice president James Garvey, Jr., in District 1 ([[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]]), and the newly elected [[Sandy Holloway]] in District 3, were declared "acceptable" to the PAC. Boffy received $107,145; Garvey, $230,459, and Holloway, $87,696.<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://louisianavoice.com/2015/10/23/guest-columnist-recounts-out-of-state-money-and-pac-support-going-to-campaigns-of-certain-bese-candidates/|title=Guest columnist recounts out-of-state money and PAC support going to campaigns of certain BESE candidates|publisher=''Louisiana Voice''|author=Mark A. Joyce|date=October 23, 2015|accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>

http://louisianavoice.com/2015/10/23/guest-columnist-recounts-out-of-state-money-and-pac-support-going-to-campaigns-of-certain-bese-candidates/|title=Guest columnist recounts out-of-state money and PAC support going to campaigns of certain BESE candidates|publisher=''Louisiana Voice''|author=Mark A. Joyce|date=October 23, 2015|accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>