Jim Beall (California politician)

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Jim Beall
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Member of the California State Senate
from the 15th district
In office
December 3, 2012 –November 30, 2020

Santa Clara County roles

Beall served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors from 1994 until 2006, prior to which he served 14 years on the San Jose City Council. As a councilman and county supervisor, Beall served two decades on the California Metropolitan Transportation Commission, where he lobbied commissioners to select the extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system to San Jose as a top priority project, enabling it to eventually receive $900 million in federal funding. In the spring of 2012, Valley Transportation Authority and BART officials broke ground on the extension.[ citation needed ]

District 15 of California Senate

In 2011, Beall announced his candidacy for the new District 15 seat of the California State Senate. He won the June 2012 primary election, finishing more than 11 percent ahead of his opponent, fellow Democrat and former Assemblyman Joe Coto, and again in the general election in November 2012, defeating Coto 57% to 42%. [3] He officially took the position on December 3, 2012, taking the role from his predecessor Elaine Alquist (after rezoning).[ citation needed ]

In 2016, Beall was challenged by Democratic state Assemblywoman Nora Campos, who was prevented from seeking reelection by term limits. Beall won the election by a wide margin.

He served in the California State Senate as a Democrat representing the 15th Senate District, which encompasses the South Bay and Silicon Valley. He was not eligible to seek reelection in 2020 due to term limits.

In 2022, Beall ran for the Santa Clara Valley Water District board. Seeing no other candidates filed for District 4, he won unopposed. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Director Jim Beall - Biography". Santa Clara Valley Water. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "James T. Beall, Jr. Collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Santa Clara – Election Results".
  4. ↑ "ELECTION 2022: Embattled Water District Board Member Trails in Re-Election Bid". 9 November 2022.
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