Chris Sutton
Candidate for Board of Education, New Hanover County Schools
Background
- Occupation
- Maintenance technician
A lifelong New Hanover County resident and maintenance technician who has spent more than seven years attending school board meetings and advocating on district issues.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Supports consolidating campuses to reduce facility costs
ReportRepublican challenger Chris Sutton is running for a seat on the New Hanover County School BoardCandidate questionnaire · WHQR Public Media (WECT, Port City Daily, WHQR and The Seahawk questionnaire) · Sep 21, 2026 · whqr.org
“I agree that consolidation of campuses could help reduce the costs associated with maintaining and operating a large number of facilities.”
Education
Supports scaling back classroom technology use
ReportRepublican challenger Chris Sutton is running for a seat on the New Hanover County School BoardCandidate questionnaire · WHQR Public Media (WECT, Port City Daily, WHQR and The Seahawk questionnaire) · Sep 21, 2026 · whqr.org
“I believe we went too far with technology use in our district”
Supports applying book decisions consistently across the district
ReportRepublican challenger Chris Sutton is running for a seat on the New Hanover County School BoardCandidate questionnaire · WHQR Public Media (WECT, Port City Daily, WHQR and The Seahawk questionnaire) · Sep 21, 2026 · whqr.org
“if a book is determined to not be grade appropriate by the district then it should be adjusted for the entire district to provide consistency”
Government & transparency
Proposes a policy releasing the maximum information state law allows
ReportRepublican challenger Chris Sutton is running for a seat on the New Hanover County School BoardCandidate questionnaire · WHQR Public Media (WECT, Port City Daily, WHQR and The Seahawk questionnaire) · Sep 21, 2026 · whqr.org
“I would support a transparency policy directing the administration to release the maximum amount of information permitted under state law”
Proposes faster handling of public records requests
ReportRepublican challenger Chris Sutton is running for a seat on the New Hanover County School BoardCandidate questionnaire · WHQR Public Media (WECT, Port City Daily, WHQR and The Seahawk questionnaire) · Sep 21, 2026 · whqr.org
“We should never again have records requests pending for more than a year, as occurred in recent years.”
Other issues in this race
Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Chris Sutton on them.
- Roads & infrastructureNo documented position found.
All sources (3)
- 2026 General Election Candidate Listing (New Hanover County offices and districts)
Election filing · North Carolina State Board of Elections · s3.amazonaws.com
- 2026 General Election Candidate Listing
Election filing · North Carolina State Board of Elections · s3.amazonaws.com
- Republican challenger Chris Sutton is running for a seat on the New Hanover County School Board
Candidate questionnaire · WHQR Public Media (WECT, Port City Daily, WHQR and The Seahawk questionnaire) · Sep 21, 2026 · whqr.org
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