2025-2026 Citywide and Special Category Candidate Videos Now Available

Citywide and Special Category candidates were invited to have filmed statement and Q&A videos. All voters will be voting in Citywide Officer races. Special Directors serve members throughout the District, so they were also invited to participate along with the Citywide Officer candidates. The Directors named in the Constitution are Health and Human Services, Substitute […]

UTLA Officer Candidate Forum to be held January 22, 2026 (Update: Cancelled)

Update: Due to the area meeting moving to Thursday, January 22, which was the date for the forum, we are going ahead and cancelling the forum. The rescheduling around mediation in such a short timeline to voting really made it difficult to coordinate a new date. Note that the forum was not required in the […]

Ready for 2026 UTLA election and congratulations to the uncontested Board of Directors candidates who won their seats

The UTLA internal elections are off and running. We have numerous candidates running for UTLA officer positions as well as UTLA Board of Directors seats. You can see all the candidates by visiting utlaelections.org/candidates/. As the election process moves forward you will be able to see candidate information and images, as well as links to […]

Kevin Jordan Elected by Acclamation as Interim Adult Education Director

Kevin Jordan was elected by acclamation as the Interim Adult Education Director on September 15, 2025. The election will be certified at the next Board of Directors meeting on October 29, 2025, and Kevin Jordan will officially take office. Membership verified his eligibility.

Adult Education Educators will vote for an interim UTLA Adult Education Director

Starting on September 26, 2025, at 8:00 am, Adult Education teachers will be voting online for their UTLA Adult Education Director in an interim election to fill the vacant position until the end of the current term which ends in June of 2026. There are two candidates running for the position, Adam De Lorea and […]

Adult Education Director interim election announcement

The UTLA Board of Directors has announced at the Leadership conference meeting that there is a vacancy for the Adult Education Board of Directors. There will be a citywide Adult Education Director interim election done online over the next few months. Declarations open on August 14 for the Adult Education Director position – and for […]

UTLA members to elect officers and board in 2026

Starting with declarations this month and ending with voting in early 2026, UTLA members will be electing the UTLA citywide officers and members of the UTLA Board of Directors, which includes directors who serve a UTLA Area and directors who represent a special category of members. The complete list of offices is below. Together, the […]

Revised UTLA Election Manual May 2025

The UTLA Elections Manual — available at utlaelections.org/information/election-manual/ — was revised by the UTLA Board of Directors at the May 21, 2025 meeting. The changes clarify who is qualified to vote in an Interim Area Director election. The BOD also addressed the need for a process for a candidate who lost the election who believes […]

Joyce Jennings Elected as Interim Central NEA Director

The election for the Central Area Interim NEA Director position took place at the Central Area Meeting on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The election will be certified at the next Board of Directors meeting on May 21, 2025, and Joyce Jennings will officially take office. Membership verified her eligibility, and she was elected with 61% […]

UTLA Central Area Election is Wednesday, May 7th

UTLA Central Area will hold the election to fill their vacant NEA Director position at the Wednesday, May 7th Area Meeting. Voting will begin after the meeting starts and the candidates introduce themselves to the body once the meeting begins around 4:30 pm. The three candidates are Linda Cardwell, Estela Rios, and Joyce Jennings. Substitutes […]