Loni Hancock

Loni Hancock
Member of the California State Senate
from the 9th district
In office
December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2016
Preceded byDon Perata
Succeeded byNancy Skinner
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 14th district
In office
December 2, 2002 – November 30, 2008
Preceded byDion Aroner
Succeeded byNancy Skinner
18th Mayor of Berkeley
In office
1986–1994
Preceded byGus Newport
Succeeded byJeffrey Shattuck Leiter
Personal details
Born
Ilona Harrington

(1940-04-10) April 10, 1940 (age 84)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseTom Bates
Children4
Residence(s)Berkeley, California
Alma materIthaca College (BA)
Wright Institute (MA)
ProfessionFederal education administrator

Loni Hancock (born Ilona Harrington; April 10, 1940) is an American politician and a former member of the California State Senate. A Democrat, she represented the 9th Senate District, which encompasses the northern East Bay.

Hancock has been a fixture of East Bay politics for decades, and has lived in Berkeley since 1964. Before her election to the State Senate in 2008, she served in the California State Assembly, representing the 14th Assembly District. She was also the second female (first elected female) Mayor of Berkeley and served in the administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.