Dave Pine | |
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President of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors | |
In office January 3, 2023 –January 9, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Don Horsley |
Succeeded by | Warren Slocum |
In office January 9,2018 –January 8,2019 | |
Preceded by | Don Horsley |
Succeeded by | Carole Groom |
In office January 7,2014 –January 6,2015 | |
Preceded by | Don Horsley |
Succeeded by | Carole Groom |
Member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors from the 1st district | |
In office May 24,2011 –January 7,2025 | |
Preceded by | Mark Church |
Succeeded by | Jackie Speier |
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
In office 1977–1979 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Massachusetts | December 22,1958
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jane Pine |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Burlingame,California |
Alma mater | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Michigan (JD) |
Website | www |
Dave Pine (born 1958) is an American politician and attorney. Pine was formerly a member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for District 1,which includes the eastern two-thirds of South San Francisco and all of San Bruno,Millbrae,Burlingame,and Hillsborough. [1]
Dave Pine was born in Massachusetts and grew up in New Hampshire,where his father worked as a professor and his mother was a teacher. He has two siblings. [2]
While a freshman at Dartmouth College,Pine ran for and won a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and at age 19,was one of the youngest ever elected. [2] Pine served in the house from 1977 to 1979. [3] After Dartmouth,Pine attended the University of Michigan Law School. He was a summer intern at Fenwick &West in Palo Alto (now located in Mountain View). After graduating in 1985,Pine accepted a position at a corporate law firm,representing Silicon Valley start-up tech companies.
Pine left Fenwick &West in 1990 to join a tech start-up called Radius,Inc, [2] and later worked for the tech start-up @Home Network. [4]
In 2002,Pine ran for the California's 19th State Assembly district,and poured more than $762,000 of his own money into his campaign. [5] Pine called for campaign finance reforms including public campaign financing and for campaign donations under $1000 to be tax-deductible. His campaign was mostly self-financed. Pine criticized opponent Gina Papan for accepting a $365,000 campaign contribution from her father Lou Papan. [6] Despite outspending each of his opponents,Pine finished a distant 3rd place with just 19% of the vote. [7]
In 2003,Pine ran unopposed for a seat on the Burlingame School District Board of Trustees and served until 2006,when he was board president.[ citation needed ] In 2007,Pine was elected to the San Mateo Union High School District Board of Trustees. [8]
Pine won the May 3,2011 all-mail-ballot special election for the District 1 seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Before the election date had even been set,Pine and opponents Richard Holober,Terry Nagel,and Gina Papan had already declared their candidacy. [9] Demetrios Nikas and Michael Stogner later entered the race. Final election results were certified by the San Mateo County Elections Office on May 9,2011. Out of a total of 88,903 votes cast,Pine received 23,856 (27.8%) [10]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Dave Pine | 23,856 | 27.8% | |
Richard Holober | 22,299 | 25.1% | |
Gina Papan | 21,796 | 24.5% | |
Terry Nagel | 8,683 | 9.8% | |
Michael Stogner | 6,269 | 7.1% | |
Demetrios Nikas | 2,870 | 3.2% |
Pine was re-elected in 2012,2016,and 2020.
Pine left office on January 7,2025,succeeded by Jackie Speier. [11]