Jeff Hewitt | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Jeff_Hewitt_December_2021_(cropped).jpg) Hewitt in 2021 | |
| Chair of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors | |
| In office January 11, 2022 – January 10, 2023 | |
| Vice Chair | Kevin Jeffries |
| Preceded by | Karen Spiegel |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Jeffries |
| Vice Chair of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors | |
| In office January 12, 2021 – January 11, 2022 | |
| Chair | Karen Spiegel |
| Preceded by | Karen Spiegel |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Jeffries |
| Member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors from the 5th district | |
| In office January 8, 2019 – January 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Marion Ashley |
| Succeeded by | Yxstian Gutierrez |
| Member of the Libertarian National Committee from the 4th region | |
| In office April 2, 2016 – May 29, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Wiener |
| Succeeded by | Carrie Eiler |
| Mayor of Calimesa | |
| In office December 11, 2015 – December 20, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Joyce McIntire |
| Succeeded by | Bill Davis |
| Member of the Calimesa City Council | |
| In office December 7, 2010 – December 20, 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeffrey Hewitt 1953 (age 70–71) Redlands, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Spouse | Wendy Hewitt |
| Children | 6 |
| Residence | Calimesa, California |
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| Website | |
Jeffrey Hewitt[1] (born 1953) is an American politician who served on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2023, and as its chair from 2022 to 2023. A member of the Libertarian Party, Hewitt previously served on the Calimesa City Council and as the city's mayor.
Hewitt was elected to the Calimesa city council in the 2010 election and reelected in the 2014 election before being selected by the city council to become mayor in 2015. He unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the California State Senate and California State Assembly in the 2014 and 2016 elections. Hewitt was elected to the board of supervisors despite being outspent and was labeled as the most powerful elected Libertarian in the United States by the Los Angeles Times. He ran in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall election with the support of the Libertarian Party of California.