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Thida Cornes, Eric Mark, Esmeralda Ortiz, Jacquie Tanner, Carrol Titus-Zambre and MVLA school board president Catherine Vonnegut. Cornes and Titus-Zambre photos contributed. Mark, Ortiz, Tanner and Vonnegut photos by Magali Gauthier.

Six candidates are competing for three, four-year seats on the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District’s five-member board this November.

Only one incumbent, Catherine Vonnegut, is in the race. The five challengers are Thida Cornes, Eric Mark, Esmeralda Ortiz, Jacquie Tanner and Carrol Titus-Zambre.

Watch watch the Voice’s candidate forum where four of the six candidates discussed key issues.

Click the links below for the Voice’s profiles of each candidate:

• Thida Cornes

• Eric Mark

• Esmeralda Ortiz

• Jacquie Tanner

• Carrol Titus-Zambre

• Catherine Vonnegut

Carrol Titus-Zambre. Courtesy Carrol Titus-Zambre.
Carrol Titus-Zambre. Courtesy Carrol Titus-Zambre.

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