San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

Last updated
San Mateo County
Board of Supervisors
Seal of San Mateo County, California.svg
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (12 years)
Leadership
President
Warren Slocum
since 2024
Vice President
David Canepa
since 2024
Supervisor, First District
Jackie Speier
since 2025
Supervisor, Second District
Noelia Corzo
since 2023
Supervisor, Third District
Ray Mueller
since 2023
Supervisor, Fourth District
Lisa Gauthier
since 2025
Supervisor, Fifth District
David Canepa
since 2017
Structure
Seats5
Political groups
Officially nonpartisan
  •   Democratic (5)
Length of term
4 years, three term limit
Elections
Two-round system
Last election
 November 8, 2022
Next election
 November 5, 2024
Website
https://www.smcgov.org/bos

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the five-member elected body that supervises the operation of San Mateo County, California. Board members represent one of five districts of roughly equal population within the county, elected, since a 2012 charter change, only by voters in their own district. [1] The current board members are Jackie Speier (District 1), Noelia Corzo (District 2), Ray Mueller (District 3), Lisa Gauthier (District 4), and David Canepa (District 5).

Contents

Election results

2010

District 2 Election, June 8, 2010 [2]
CandidateVotes%
Carole Groom71,54975.4
Daniel Kaul23,38124.6
Total votes94,930 100.0
Voter turnout23.7%
District 3 Election, June 8, 2010 [2]
CandidateVotes%
Don Horsley40,56839.1
April Vargas24,53423.6
John Hickey16,69916.1
Matt Grocott15,26914.7
Michael Stogner6,7316.5
Total votes103,801 100.0
Voter turnout26.0%
District 3 Runoff Election, November 2, 2010 [3]
CandidateVotes%
Don Horsley98,14656.4
April Vargas75,87543.6
Total votes174,021 100.0
Voter turnout50.2%

2011

An all-mail-ballot special election was held to fill the vacancy created when Supervisor Mark Church resigned to assume office as San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder on January 3, 2011. [4] The six candidates were San Mateo Union High School District Board President Dave Pine, San Mateo County Community College District Board of Trustees President Richard Holober, Millbrae City Council member Gina Papan, Burlingame Mayor Terry Nagel, retired aerospace engineer Demetrios Nikas, and victim advocate Michael Stogner.

District 1 Special Election, May 3, 2011 [5]
CandidateVotes%
Dave Pine 23,85626.8
Richard Holober22,29925.1
Gina Papan21,79624.5
Terry Nagel8,6839.8
Michael Stogner6,2697.1
Demetrios Nikas2,8703.2
Total votes88,903 100.0
Voter turnout26.0%

2012

Warren Slocum replaced termed-out District 4 Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson in January 2013 in the last at-large vote for Supervisor due to the passage of Measure B, mandating supervisorial elections by voters of the same district.

District 4 Election, June 5, 2012 [6]
CandidateVotes%
Warren Slocum37,54238.4
Shelly Masur20,98921.4
Kirsten Keith14,85315.2
Carlos Romero8,7078.9
Memo Morantes7,9898.2
Andy Cohen4,7234.8
Ernesto "Ernie" Schmidt3,0853.2
Total votes97,888 100.0
Voter turnout29.0%
District 4 Runoff Election, November 6, 2012 [7]
CandidateVotes%
Warren Slocum131,01554.7
Shelly Masur108,37345.3
Total votes239,388 100.0
Voter turnout66.2%

2022

Both District 2 Supervisor Carole Groom and District 3 Supervisor Don Horsley were termed out. San Mateo-Foster City School District Trustee Noelia Corzo beat Belmont City Councilmember Charles Stone to replace Groom and Menlo Park City Councilmember Ray Mueller beat San Carlos City Councilmember Laura Parmer-Lohan to replace Horsley.

District 2 Election, June 7, 2022 [8]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Stone13,47045.84%
Noelia Corzo12,63543.00%
Cameron Rolfe3,28211.17%
Total votes35,195 100.0
Voter turnout40.36%%
District 3 Election, June 7, 2022 [8]
CandidateVotes%
Ray Mueller13,88834.45%
Laura Parmer-Lohan12,77831.70%
Virginia Chang Kiraly7,98619.81%
Steven Booker5,65914.04%
Total votes47,048 100.0
Voter turnout45.11%%
District 2 Runoff Election, November 8, 2022 [9]
CandidateVotes%
Noelia Corzo22,24651.74%
Charles Stone20,74748.26%
Total votes53,211 100.0
Voter turnout61.23%%
District 3 Runoff Election, November 8, 2022 [9]
CandidateVotes%
Ray Mueller35,88762.22%
Laura Parmer-Lohan21,79037.78%
Total votes70,514 100.0
Voter turnout67.79%%

2024

District 5 Supervisor David Canepa is up for reelection to his third term and both District 1 Supervisor Dave Pine and District 4 Supervisor Warren Slocum are term limited.

District 1

The incumbent is Dave Pine, who has represented the district since 2011 and was re-elected in 2020. [10] He is term limited in 2024. [11]

Candidates
Declared
Withdrew
Potential
Declined
  • Irving Torres, housing advocate [15]

District 4

The incumbent is Warren Slocum, who has represented the district since 2013 and was re-elected in 2020. [10]

Candidates
Declared
Potential
Declined

District 5

The incumbent is David Canepa, who has represented the district since 2017 and was re-elected in 2020. [10]

Candidates
Declared
  • David Canepa, incumbent Supervisor [17]

References

  1. ↑ Silverbarb, Bill. "Four enter race for supervisor: Race starting early, North County residents only to vote in 2016 district election". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Statement of the Vote, Gubernatorial Primary, June 10, 2010", page 766 of 821, Warren Slocum, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Statement of the Vote, Gubernatorial General Election, November 2, 2010", page 213 of 345, Warren Slocum, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Filling the upcoming vacancy on the Board of Supervisors in 2011", Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Statement of the Vote, Consolidated Local Special Election, May 3, 2011", Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Statement of the Vote, Presidential Primary Election, June 5, 2012", Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder.
  7. ↑ "November 21, 4:30 p.m. Semi-Official Results, November 6, 2012 Presidential General Election" Archived May 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder.
  8. 1 2 "Statewide Direct Primary Election June 7, 2022 Official Results", Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder.
  9. 1 2 "Statewide General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results", Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder.
  10. 1 2 3 "March 3, 2020 Election Information | San Mateo County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections - ACRE". smcacre.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  11. 1 2 3 "Candidates are jumping into local 2024 races – Palo Alto Daily Post" . Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  12. 1 2 3 staff, Jon Mays Daily Journal (2023-09-19). "Jackie Speier running for supervisor". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Simon, Mark (2023-06-15). "Notes, quotes and dust motes". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  14. ↑ Simon, Mark (2023-04-27). "The end of 'the San Mateo County way'". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  15. ↑ Simon, Mark (2023-06-29). "Pursuing happiness". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  16. ↑ Simon, Mark (2021-09-16). "Free Brisbane!". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  17. ↑ "Home | Re-Elect David Canepa for San Mateo County Supervisor". Canepa23. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.