Saren Joseph Simitian is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the State Senator representing California's 11th State Senate district,which encompasses all or part of 13 cities in San Mateo,Santa Clara,and Santa Cruz counties,from 2004 to 2012. Approaching his term limit at the end of 2012,he ran for and was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. He was re-elected to the same seat in 2016 and again in 2020.
Ronald R. Gonzales is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party,who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose,California. Gonzales was the first Hispanic to serve as Mayor of San Jose since 1845.
William Donlon Edwards was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century.
David Dominic Cortese is an elected official from San Jose,California. He is currently serving in the California State Senate,representing District 15,which encompasses a majority of Santa Clara County. Before being elected to the California State Senate,Cortese served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for 12 years,as a Councilmember and Vice Mayor for the City of San Jose for eight years,and for eight years as a trustee for the East Side Union High School District in San Jose. Cortese ran for mayor of San Jose and won the primary,losing the general election to District 3 councilmember Sam Liccardo.
James Thomas Beall Jr. is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2012 to 2020. A Democrat,he represented the 15th Senate District,which encompasses the South Bay and Silicon Valley.
Dominic L. Cortese is a former California State Assemblyman who served from 1980 until 1996. For most of his career,Cortese was a moderate Democrat,but in 1995 he gained national attention when he became a member of Ross Perot's Reform Party. He was the highest ranking elected official of the newly formed party at the time. There were international media reports of this event,including the fact that Cortese was being considered by Perot to be his vice presidential running mate in the 1996 election.
Pierluigi Oliverio is a former American politician,who was the 6th district Councilmember on the San Jose City Council. He was sworn in on March 20,2007,and left office in January 2017. He was elected to three consecutive terms,and could no longer run due to term limits.
Kansen Chu is a Taiwanese-born American politician. A Democrat,Chu was a member of the California State Assembly from 2014 to 2020,for the 25th District,which encompasses parts of the South and East Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Anna E. Song is a South Korean-born American politician who served on the Santa Clara County School Board for twenty years. She is California's first female South Korean-born elected official.
Richard J. Monteith was an American politician from California and a member of the Republican Party.
Dan Patrick O'Keefe is a former member of the California State Senate and the Cupertino City Council. He was the unsuccessful 1978 Republican nominee for Congress from California's 13th congressional district. He was first elected to the state Senate in a 1980 special election,easily defeating Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr. and was narrowly defeated for re-election in 1982 by Santa Clara County Supervisor Dan McCorquodale.
The 2014 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3,2014,to elect the Mayor of San Jose,California. Councilmember Sam Liccardo defeated Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese in a runoff on November 4,2014.
Ash Kalra is a Canadian-American politician who has served as a member of the California State Assembly since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,Kalra previously served on the San Jose City Council from 2008 to 2016.
The 2020 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,with the primary election scheduled for March 3,2020. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices,including for U.S. President and the state assembly.
The 1998 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 2 and November 3,1998,to elect the Mayor of San Jose,California. It saw the election of Ron Gonzales.
The 2022 San Jose mayoral election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the next mayor of San Jose for a two-year term. A top-two primary was held on June 7,2022,and no candidate received more than 50% in this primary election. Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan advanced to a November 8 runoff election. On November 16,Cindy Chavez conceded the race to Matt Mahan.
The 1986 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3,1986,to elect the mayor of San Jose,California. It saw the reelection of Tom McEnery. Because McEnery won an outright majority in the initial round of the election,no runoff election needed to be held.
The 1978 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose,California. It saw an initial election held on June 6,1978,followed by a runoff election on November 7,1978,after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by incumbent mayor Janet Gray Hayes.
The 2024 California State Senate election will be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election being held on March 5,2024. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate will elect their representatives. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices,including the state Assembly.
The 2024 San Jose mayoral election was held on March 5,2024,to elect the mayor of San Jose,California,to a four-year term. Incumbent mayor Matt Mahan,who was first elected to a two-year term in 2022,handily won re-election against a minor challenger. This was the first mayoral election in San Jose held during a presidential election cycle following the passage of Measure B in 2022.
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