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Linda Storli
Linda Storli was a member of the William S. Hart Union High School District Board of Trustees in California, representing Trustee Area 1. She assumed office in 2015. She left office on December 13, 2024.
Storli ran for re-election to the William S. Hart Union High School District Board of Trustees to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Though school board elections in California are nonpartisan, Storli identifies as a Republican.[1]
Biography
Linda Storli graduated from Granada Hills High School in 1966 and San Fernando Valley State College in 1971. She attended the University of Wisconsin in 1986 and earned her master's in education from National University. Her career experience includes working as a teacher for the William S. Hart Union High School District and as a realtor. Storli also served as a parks commissioner for the City of Santa Clarita and as a presidential commissioner for the United States.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: William S. Hart Union High School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for William S. Hart Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1
Aakash Ahuja defeated Gloria Mercado-Fortine and incumbent Linda Storli in the general election for William S. Hart Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aakash Ahuja (Nonpartisan) | 38.7 | 8,888 | |
 | Gloria Mercado-Fortine (Nonpartisan) | 32.8 | 7,548 | |
 | Linda Storli (Nonpartisan) | 28.5 | 6,543 | |
| Total votes: 22,979 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Storli in this election.
2015
Two of the five seats on the William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[2][3] This election was the first time the district elected candidates by district.[4]
Linda Storli defeated incumbent Gloria Mercado-Fortine for the Trustee Area 1 seat. Trustee Area 4 incumbent Steven Sturgeon defeated challenger Andrew Taban.[5]
Results
| William S. Hart Union High School District, Trustee Area 1, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Linda Storli |
57.0% | 1,428 |
| Gloria Mercado-Fortine Incumbent | 43.0% | 1,078 |
| Total Votes | 2,506 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 2015 | ||
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.[6][7][8]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[9]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Storli received endorsements from Congressman Steve Knight (R), State Sen. Sharon Runner (R) and State Assemblyman Scott Wilk (R).[10]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Linda Storli did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Storli issued the following statement regarding her bid for office:
| “ | As a Government teacher for 30 years, (actually I began teaching in Norway a few years before) I know what works in the classroom and what does not. I am actually a socially liberal Republican. I believe that school districts need input from the classroom. I want to cut through the red tape and get things happening in the classroom. Money sometimes is spent on things and as a teacher I know better places to spend that money to the best advantage of the student. |
” |
| —Linda Storli (2015)[1] | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate William S. Hart Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on September 13, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, "Candidates lining up for November school board elections," July 14, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Linda Storli for Hart, "Endorsements," accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
