Jennifer Portillo
Jennifer Portillo was a candidate for at-large representative on the Whittier Union High School District school board in California. Portillo was defeated in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
Three of the five seats on the Whittier Union High School District board of trustees in California were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Leighton Anderson, Jeff Baird, and Russell A. Castañeda-Calleros defeated challengers Maria Carmenita Mendez and Jennifer Portillo.[1][2]
Results
| Whittier Union High School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Leighton Anderson Incumbent |
26.03% | 5,806 |
| Russell A. Castañeda-Calleros Incumbent |
23.24% | 5,183 |
| Jeff Baird Incumbent |
21.52% | 4,801 |
| Maria Carmenita Mendez | 18.16% | 4,051 |
| Jennifer Portillo | 11.05% | 2,464 |
| Total Votes | 22,305 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[3][4][5]
Endorsements
Portillo was endorsed by the following organizations:[6][7][8][9][10]
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (S.M.A.R.T.)
- Whittier Voter's Coalition
- Latina's Lead - California
- Whittier Latino Coalition
- Evolve
Recent news
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See also
- Whittier Union High School District, California
- Whittier Union High School District elections (2017)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jennifer Portillo," September 18, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed September 18, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jennifer Portillo," September 18, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Jennifer Portillo," October 4, 2017
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed October 4, 2017
