Pattie Cortese
Pattie Cortese is an at-large member of the East Side Union High Board of Trustees in California. She assumed office in 2015. Her current term ends on December 8, 2028.
Cortese ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the East Side Union High Board of Trustees in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Cortese completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Pattie Cortese earned a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University. Her career experience includes working to provide programs for people who have been impacted by addiction, homelessness, incarceration, or mental illness.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: East Side Union High School District, California, elections (2024)
General election
General election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large (2 seats)
Incumbent Pattie Cortese and incumbent Bryan Do defeated Patricia Martinez-Roach and Rudy Rodriguez in the general election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pattie Cortese (Nonpartisan)  | 34.4 | 81,776 |
| ✔ |  | Bryan Do (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 73,305 |
 | Patricia Martinez-Roach (Nonpartisan) | 22.1 | 52,629 | |
 | Rudy Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 12.7 | 30,200 | |
| Total votes: 237,910 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Cortese's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cortese in this election.
2020
See also: East Side Union High School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large (2 seats)
Incumbent Pattie Cortese and Bryan Do defeated Patricia Martinez-Roach and Chrystine Villarreal in the general election for East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pattie Cortese (Nonpartisan) | 34.4 | 96,334 |
| ✔ | | Bryan Do (Nonpartisan) | 24.3 | 68,125 |
| Patricia Martinez-Roach (Nonpartisan) | 22.9 | 64,143 | |
| Chrystine Villarreal (Nonpartisan) | 18.4 | 51,458 | ||
| Total votes: 280,060 | |||
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2016
Two of the five seats on the East Side Union High School District board of trustees were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Lan Nguyen and Pattie Cortese defeated challengers Lorena Chavez, Derek Grasty, Patricia Martinez-Roach, and Khanh Tran. On top of choosing members for the board of trustees, citizens of the school district also voted on a $510 million bond measure in this election.[2][3]
Results
| East Side Union High School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lan Nguyen Incumbent |
29.85% | 68,640 |
| Pattie Cortese Incumbent |
20.75% | 47,714 |
| Lorena Chavez | 18.84% | 43,326 |
| Khanh Tran | 13.38% | 30,783 |
| Patricia Martinez-Roach | 10.53% | 24,220 |
| Derek Grasty | 6.65% | 15,305 |
| Total Votes | 229,988 | |
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Cortese began the race with an existing account balance of $89.00 from her previous campaign. She reported $49,222.00 in contributions and $45,507.79 in expenditures to Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, which left her campaign with $3,803.21 on hand in the election.[4]
Endorsements
Cortese was endorsed by the community organization Evolve.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Pattie Cortese completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cortese's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- One important purpose of high school is to expose our students to possibilities so they can create a vision for their future. I believe people take action based on the future they see for themselves so if students are not taking inspired actions, perhaps it is because they don't see much in front of them. It only takes one caring adult to believe in a student, maybe even more than they believe in themselves, to potentially change that student's entire trajectory.
- We have to design systems to meet the needs of every student. In the East Side Union High School District, we have developed an early warning system, which allows us to intervene at the first sign that a student is struggling academically, emotionally or behaviorally. When we develop meaningful relationships with students and they know we as adults are on their side, we can have difficult and impactful conversations that make a difference.
- Not all school districts are funded equally, furthering the socio-economic divide right here is Santa Clara County. I'm committed to doing what I can to correct that for our students and staff.
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2020
Pattie Cortese did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate East Side Union High School District board of trustees At-large |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2024
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election Summary," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "County of Santa Clara Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 15, 2017
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 13, 2016
