Jane Kim

Jane Kim
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from the 6th district
In office
January 8, 2011 – January 8, 2019
Preceded byChris Daly
Succeeded byMatt Haney
Personal details
Born
Jane Jungyon Kim

(1977-07-09) July 9, 1977 (age 47)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (2008–present)
Green (before 2008)
Other political
affiliations
Working Families (2022–present)
Domestic partnerGoodwin Liu
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Jane Jungyon Kim[1] (born July 9, 1977) is an American attorney and politician, and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019.[2] She is a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee.[3] She is executive director of the California Working Families Party.[4]

Prior to her election to the Board of Supervisors, Kim was a member and then president of the San Francisco Board of Education.[2] In 2016, she ran for the 11th California State Senate District, but lost to Scott Wiener in a run-off election after finishing first place in the primary. She was a candidate for mayor in the 2018 San Francisco mayoral election, finishing third with 24.03% of the first-round vote.[5]

She was the California political director and national regional political director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign.[6]

  1. ^ Annual Commencement: Order of Exercises. Stanford University. 1996. pp. 35–36, 54.
  2. ^ a b Gordon, Rachel (December 31, 2010). "Incoming S.F. supervisor Jane Kim has grand goals". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "SFDOE Results". sfelections.org.
  4. ^ Garofoli, Joe (January 13, 2022). "Progressive Working Families Party lands in California, and is targeting moderate Democrats". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "Mayoral election in San Francisco, California (2018)". Ballotpedia.
  6. ^ Pager, Tyler (November 13, 2019). "Bernie Sanders Campaign Upping Its Game in California". Fortune.