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Latest revision as of 17:53, 23 December 2025
Gloria Mercado-Fortine was a member of the William S. Hart Union High School District Board of Trustees in California, representing Trustee Area 1. Mercado-Fortine assumed office in 1999. Mercado-Fortine left office in 2015.
Mercado-Fortine ran for election to the William S. Hart Union High School District Board of Trustees to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. Mercado-Fortine lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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 Mercado-Fortine 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.[1][2] This election was the first time the district elected candidates by district.[3]
Linda Storli defeated incumbent Gloria Mercado-Fortine for the Trustee Area 1 seat. Trustee Area 4 incumbent Steven Sturgeon defeated challenger Andrew Taban.[4]
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.[5][6][7]
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.[8]
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
Mercado-Fortine was endorsed by the Hart District Teachers Association.[9]
2011
| William S. Hart Union High School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Gloria Mercado-Fortine |
35.3% | 7,530 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Sturgeon |
33.1% | 7,065 | |
| Nonpartisan | Heather Ann Davis | 31.6% | 6,738 | |
| Total Votes | 21,333 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; William S. Hart Union High School District Voter Information" accessed October 30, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gloria Mercado-Fortine did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate William S. Hart Union High School District school board Trustee Area 1 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mercado-Fortine For Hart School Board, "Home," accessed October 30, 2015
| 2015 William S. Hart Union High School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Gloria Mercado-Fortine • Linda Storli Trustee Area 4: • Incumbent, Steven Sturgeon • Andrew Taban |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
