---
title: "John Mercer, School Trustee in Lake County, 2021: Montana campaign finance"
description: "Money reported by John Mercer as a candidate for School Trustee in Lake County in the 2021 Montana election."
type: "candidacy"
name: "John Mercer"
slug: "candidacies/john-mercer-g253720-2021-school-trustee-c16851"
candidate_id: 16851
election_year: 2021
office: "School Trustee in Lake County"
party: "Non-Partisan"
person_page: "/people/john-mercer-g253720"
public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/16851"
data_through: "2026-09-30"
generated_at: "2026-09-30"
source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)"
---


# John Mercer, School Trustee in Lake County, 2021: Montana campaign finance

In 2021, John Mercer ran for School Trustee in Lake County as a Non-Partisan candidate. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. John Mercer's other candidacies are listed on [John Mercer's candidate record](/people/john-mercer-g253720). Data through 2026-09-30.

This candidacy (School Trustee in Lake County, 2021) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/16851

No filed finance report for this candidacy is in the record. That is not a finding that none was owed or filed.

## What this record does not say about John Mercer, School Trustee in Lake County, 2021, data through 2026-09-30

It does not say whether John Mercer won. CERS records candidacies and money, not results. Contribution totals are floors, not exact figures: the same real person or business can appear in the record more than once under spelling variants, and merging those into single identities is ongoing work. A total means "at least this much".