Mendota Unified: 6 Votes Separate Last Available Seat and Next Candidate

Published November 6, 2026. Source snapshot: November 5, 2026, 2:50:52 p.m. Pacific.

Celeste Cabrera-Garcia, Jose Zavala, Sherry Rocio Charles hold the top 3 tallies in Fresno County’s return for Mendota Unified. The gap between Sherry Rocio Charles in position 3 and Sergio Valdez in position 4 is 6 votes.

Reported votes

Fresno County return. VOTE FOR 3.

Mendota Unified — reported county votes
Candidate	Votes
Celeste Cabrera-Garcia	635
Jose Zavala	494
Sherry Rocio Charles	399
Sergio Valdez	393
Kevin Gilbert Arias-Romero	220

What voters are deciding

The election determines representation on the district’s school governing board. Board decisions involve education policy, spending priorities and oversight of district operations. Residents should use the exact trustee-area or seat label when comparing these returns with their own ballot.

The reported 6-vote gap makes subsequent updates important to this contest. The available report does not show how uncounted ballots will divide between the candidates.

These are unofficial returns from the November 3 general election. Additional valid ballots and canvass review can change the totals or ranking. In multi-seat contests, candidate selections are not the number of individual voters. For any district extending into another county, compare the other county’s return before drawing a districtwide conclusion.

Source: Fresno County official election results, November 5, 2026, 2:50:52 p.m. Pacific. County election information and subsequent updates. California58 calculated the margins from the reported candidate votes.

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