Joe Simitian

Joe Simitian
Simitian in 2020
Member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
from the 5th district
Assumed office
January 7, 2013
Preceded byLiz Kniss
In office
December 2, 1996 – December 4, 2000
Preceded byDianne McKenna
Succeeded byLiz Kniss
Member of the California Senate
from the 11th district
In office
December 6, 2004 – November 30, 2012
Preceded byByron Sher
Succeeded byMark Leno (redistricted)
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 21st district
In office
December 4, 2000 – November 30, 2004
Preceded byTed Lempert
Succeeded byIra Ruskin
Personal details
Born
Saren Joseph Smitian[1]

(1953-02-01) February 1, 1953 (age 71)
Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Hughes
EducationColorado College (BA)
Stanford University (MA)
University of California, Berkeley (MUP, JD)

Saren Joseph Simitian (born February 1, 1953) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the State Senator representing California's 11th State Senate district, which encompasses all or part of 13 cities in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties, from 2004 to 2012.[2] Approaching his term limit at the end of 2012, he ran for and was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.[3] He was re-elected to the same seat in 2016 and again in 2020.

  1. ^ "[S. Joseph Simitian]". 2001.
  2. ^ Biography
  3. ^ About Joe Archived January 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine