2020 ELECTION RESULTS*
Record breaking turnouts in both counties:
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Santa Clara received 715,000 votes which represented 86% of registered voters.
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San Mateo received 343,594, or 77.6% of registered voters.

244 women and 281 men filed to run for nonpartisan seats in the November 2020 election.
67% of the 244 women won their seats.
Great progress has been made:
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2016 election 40% of City Council seats were held by women,
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2018 election this number increased to 48%
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2020 49% of the City Council seats in our two counties will be held by women (so close!)

January 2021 City Council Seats by Gender (2020 election result)

2020 Women's Campaign & Race Statistics
by Type and County
by from the Center for American Women & Politics
Women Winning Office in November 2020
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San Mateo County
Santa Clara County
CITY COUNCILS
ATHERTON TOWN COUNCIL
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Diana Hawkins-Manuelian
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Elizabeth Lewis (Incumbent)
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BELMONT CITY COUNCIL
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Davina Hurt (Incumbent)
BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL
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Karen Cunningham (Incumbent)
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Coleen Mackin
COLMA CITY COUNCIL
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Diana Colvin (Incumbent)
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Raquel (Rae) Gonzalez (Incumbent)
DALY CITY COUNCIL
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Juslyn Manalo (Incumbent)
EAST PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
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Lisa Gauthier (Incumbent)
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HILLSBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL
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Sophie Cole
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Christine Krolik
MENLO PARK CITY COUNCIL
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Jen Wolosin, District 3
MILLBRAE CITY COUNCIL
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Gina Papan (Incumbent)
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Ann Schneider (Incumbent)
PACIFICA CITY COUNCIL
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Sue Vaterlaus, District 1 (Incumbent)
PORTOLA VALLEY TOWN COUNCIL
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Sarah Wernikoff
REDWOOD CITY COUNCIL
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Alicia Aguirre, District 7 (Incumbent)
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Lissette Espinoza-Garnica, District 3
SAN MATEO CITY COUNCIL
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Amourence Lee (Appointed Incumbent)
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Diane Papan (Incumbent)
WOODSIDE TOWN COUNCIL
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Jennifer Wall, District 1
OTHER ELECTED CITY OFFICES
DALY CITY CLERK
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Annette Hipona (Incumbent)
DALY CITY TREASURER
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Daneca Halvorson (Incumbent)​
SAN CARLOS TREASURER
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Inge Tiegel Doherty
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SCHOOL BOARDS
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Theresa Faapuaa
BRISBANE SCHOOL BOARD - SHORT TERM
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Sharon Boggs
BRISBANE SCHOOL BOARD - FULL TERM
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Karen Lentz
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Lillian Markind (Incumbent)
BURLINGAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Elizabeth Kendall (Incumbent)
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Lisa Mudd
CABRILLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Kimberly Hines, Trustee Area B (Incumbent)
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Sophia Layne, Trustee Area D (Incumbent)
HILLSBOROUGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Kim Oliff
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Andrea Jordan
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Manufou Liaiga-Anoa’i (Incumbent)
JEFFERSON UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Kalimah Salahuddin (Incumbent)​
LA HONDA-PESCADERO Unified School District
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Renee Erridge
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Lisa Mateja
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Mary Windram (Incumbent)
LAS LOMITAS SCHOOL BOARD
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Jody Leng
MENLO PARK CITY SCHOOL BOARD
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Francesca Segre
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MILLBRAE ELEMENTARY School Board
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Maggie Nijmeh Musa
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PACIFICA SCHOOL DISTRICT - Full Term
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Lynda Brocchini (Appointed Incumbent)
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Kai Doggett (Appointed Incumbent)
PORTOLA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Kimberly Morris Rosen (Appointed Incumbent)
RAVENSWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Bronwyn Alexander
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Jenny Varghese Bloom
REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Janet Lawson, District 3
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Alisa MacAvoy, District 1 (Incumbent)
SAN BRUNO PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Jennifer Blanco (Incumbent)
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Andriana Shea
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SAN MATEO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
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Lisa Petrides, District 1
SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Chelsea Bonini, Trustee Area 4
SAN MATEO-FOSTER CITY SCHOOL BOARD
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Noelia Corzo (Incumbent)
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Lisa Warren
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Shara Watkins (Incumbent)
SAN MATEO UNION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD
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Ligia Andrade-Zuniga
SEQUOIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Carrie Du Bois, Trustee Area B
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Shawneece Stevenson, Trustee Area E
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD
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Daina Lujan, Trustee Area B (Incumbent)
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Pat Murray, Trustee Area A (Incumbent)
SPECIAL DISTRICTS
BAY SHORE SANITARY DISTRICT
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Mae Ellen Swanbeck (Incumbent)
COLMA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
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Gina Sheridan (Incumbent)
GRANADA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT
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Nancy Reed Marsh
HIGHLANDS RECREATION DISTRICT
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Shirin Bakhshay
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Pamela Merkadeau (Incumbent)
LADERA RECREATION DISTRICT
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Leslie Anglada
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Jen Coleman (Appointed Incumbent)
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MENLO PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
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Virginia Chang Kiraly (Incumbent)
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MIDCOAST COMMUNITY COUNCIL
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Jill Grant
MID PENINSULA OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
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Zoe Kersteen-Tucker, Ward 7 (Appointed Incumbent)
MONTARA WATER & SANITARY DISTRICT
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Kathryn Slater-Carter (Incumbent)
SAN MATEO COUNTY HARBOR DISTRICT
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Virginia Chang Kiraly, District 5 (Incumbent)
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SEQUOIA HEALTH CARE DISTRICT
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Kim Griffin, Zone B
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WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT
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Fran Dehn (Incumbent)
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WESTBOROUGH WATER DISTRICT
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Karema Alarabi
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Janet Medina (Incumbent)
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CITY COUNCILS
CAMPBELL CITY COUNCIL
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Susan Landry, District 1 (Incumbent)
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
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Hung Wei
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Kitty Moore
GILROY CITY COUNCIL
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Rebeca Armendariz
LOS ALTOS CITY COUNCIL
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Lynette Lee Eng (Incumbent)
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Sally Meadows
LOS ALTOS HILLS CITY COUNCIL
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Lisa Schmidt - too close to call
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Linda Swan
LOS GATOS TOWN COUNCIL- FULL TERM
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Maria Ristow
LOS GATOS TOWN COUNCIL - SHORT TERM
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Mary Badame
MILPITAS CITY COUNCIL
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Evelyn Chua
MONTE SERENO CITY COUNCIL
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Rowena Turner (Incumbent)
MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL
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Margaret Abe Koga (Incumbent)
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Sally Lieber
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Lisa Matichak (Incumbent)
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Pat Showalter
PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
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Lydia Kou (Incumbent)
SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL
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Dev Davis, District 6 (Incumbent)
SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL
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Kathy Watanabe, District 1 (Incumbent)
SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
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Kookie Fitzsimmons
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Mamta (Tina) Walia
SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL
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Alysa Cisneros, District 2
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OTHER ELECTED CITY OFFICES
GILROY MAYOR
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Marie Blankley (currently a city council member)
MORGAN HILL CITY TREASURER
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Caitlin Robinett Jachimowicz
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SCHOOL BOARDS
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ALUM ROCK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Corina Herrera-Loera (Appointed Incumbent)
CAMBRIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Janet E. Gillis
CAMPBELL UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Linda Goytia, Trustee Area 4 (Incumbent)
CUPERTINO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Sylvia Leong (Appointed Incumbent)
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Phyllis Vogel (incumbent)
EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL
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Pattie Cortese (Incumbent)
EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOARD
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Patti Andrade
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Leila Welch (Incumbent)​
FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
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Laura Casas (Incumbent)
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FRANKLIN MCKINLEY SCHOOL BOARD
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Maimona Afzal Berta (Incumbent)
GAVILAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD
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Patricia Mondragon, Trustee Area 4
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Rachel Perez, Trustee Area 6 (Incumbent)
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GILROY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - FULL TERM
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Melissa Nicholson Aguirre, Trustee Area 6
GILROY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT - SHORT TERM
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Michelle Nelson, Trustee Area 3
LOMA PRIETA JOINT UNION
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Erin Asheghian
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Alexandra Hall (Appointed Incumbent)
LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Jessica Speiser
LOS GATOS-SARATOGA UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Theresa Bond
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Katherine Tseng (Incumbent)
LUTHER BURBANK SCHOOL DISTRICT - FULL TERM
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Jean Tseng (Incumbent)
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MILPITAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Hon Lien (Incumbent)
MORELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Sulgi (Shelly) Hong, Area 1
MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Mary Patterson, Trustee Area 6 (Incumbent)
MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Melissa Got-Lopez
MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Laura Ramirez Berman
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Laura Blakely (Incumbent)
NORTH COUNTY JOINT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Renee Faught
OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Beija Felice Gonzalez, Area 1
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Carla Hernandez, Area 4
ORCHARD SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Diana Nazari (Incumbent)
PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Jennifer DiBrienza (Incumbent)
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Jesse Fletcher Ladomirak
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SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Teresa Castellanos, Trustee Area 1
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Carla Collins, Trustee Area 3 (Appointed Incumbent)
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Wendi Mahaney-Gurahoo, Trustee Area 5
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SAN JOSE EVERGREEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
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Wendy Ho, Trustee Area 5 (Incumbent)
SAN BENITO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Mary Ann Filice, Supervisorial District 1 (Incumbent)
SAN BENITO HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Patty Nehme, District 1 (Incumbent)
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION​
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Victoria Grace Chon, District 5
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Rosemary Kamei, District 3 (Incumbent)
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Grace Mah, District 1 (Incumbent)
SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Bonnie Lieberman, Area 2
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Michele Ryan, Area 3 (Incumbent) ​
SARATOGA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Melissa Stanis
SUNNYVALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Isabel Jubes-Flamerich
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Nancy Newkirk (Incumbent)
UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Vickie Brown (Incumbent)
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Jennifer Petroff (Incumbent)
WEST VALLEY-MISSION COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
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Adrienne Grey, Area 6 (Incumbent)
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Randi Kinman, Area 4
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SPECIAL DISTRICTS
ALDERCROFT HEIGHTS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
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Melissa Zender (Incumbent)
BURBANK SANITATION
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Rebecca Diane Yoder (Incumbent)
CUPERTINO SANITARY DISTRICT
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Angela Chen (Incumbent)
EL CAMINO HEALTH CARE DISTRICT
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Julia Elliot Miller (Incumbent)
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Carol Ann Somersille
PURISSIMA WATER DISTRICT
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Kathleen Knopoff - Full Term
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Essy Stone - Short Term
RANCHO RINCONADA RECREATION & PARK DISTRICT
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Meesha Reiisieh
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Noopur Sethi
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SAN MARTIN COUNTY WATER AGENCY
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Sandra Cazarez Flores (Incumbent)
SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT
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Helen Chapman, District 3
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Nai Hsueh, District 5
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Barbara Keegan, District 2 (Incumbent)
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Women helping
other women achieve a winning result:
Electing More Women!
* WIRE for Women has compiled this list and statistics as of November 18, 2020. If there are any errors, omissions, or out-of-date entries, please contact info@wireforwomen.com.
** Includes Contested and Uncontested seats in 2020