Elected Officials

The following officials represent El Cerrito and Kensington (with the date of the next election in parentheses).

Statewide

  • Governor: Jerry Brown (2014)
  • US Senate: Dianne Feinstein (2018)
  • US Senate: Barbara Boxer (2016)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom (2014)
  • Secretary of State: Debra Bowen (2014)
  • Controller: John Chiang (2014)
  • Treasurer Bill Lockyer (2014)
  • Attorney General: Kamala Harris (2014)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones (2014)
  • Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tom Torlakson (2014)

Regional

  • Congress: George Miller (2014)
  • CA Senate: Loni Hancock (2016)
  • CA Assembly: Nancy Skinner (2014)
  • Board of Equalization (District 2): Betty Yee (2014)

Contra Costa County

Countywide offices

  • Assessor: Gus Kramer (2018)
  • Auditor-Controller: Robert Campbell (2018)
  • Clerk-Recorder: Joseph Canciamilla (2018)
  • District Attorney: Mark Peterson (2018)
  • Sheriff-Coroner: David Livingston (2018)
  • Treasurer-Tax Collector: Russell Watts (2018)

Board of Supervisors

  • (District 1): John Gioia (2018)

Education Districts

  • CCC Superintendent of Schools: Joseph Ovick (2014)
  • CCC Board of Education (Area 1): Pam Mirabella (2016)
  • CCC Community College (Ward 1): John Marquez (2014)

Local

El Cerrito City Council

  • Janet Abelson (2014)
  • Rebecca Benassini (2014)
  • Mark Friedman (2016)
  • Greg Lyman (2016)
  • Jan Bridges (2016)

Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District

  • Len Welsh (2014)
  • Linda Lipscomb (2014)
  • Pat Gillette (2016)
  • Tony Lloyd (2014)
  • Chuck Toombs (2016)

West Contra Costa Unified School District Board

  • Charles Ramsey (2014)
  • Madeline Kronenberg (2014)
  • Elaine Merriweather (2014)
  • Randy Enos (2016)
  • Todd Groves (2016)

Bay Area Rapid Transit Board

  • (District 3): Rebecca Saltzman (2016)
  • (District 7): Zakhary Mallett (2016)

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Board

  • (At-Large): Chris Peeples (2016)
  • (At-Large): Joel B. Young (2014)
  • (Ward 1): Joe Wallace (2016)

Stege Sanitary District Board

  • Graham Brand (2016)
  • Paul Gilbert-Snyder (2016)
  • Dwight Merrill (2014)
  • Al Miller (2014)
  • Beatrice O’Keefe (2016)

West Contra Costa Healthcare District Board

  • Eric Zell (2016)
  • Deborah Campbell (2016)
  • Irma Anderson (2014)
  • Nancy Casazza (2014)
  • Beverly Wallace (2014)

Kensington Fire Board of Directors

  • Helmut Blaschczyk
  • Joe de Ville (2014)
  • Nina Harmon
  • Janice Kosel
  • Larry Nagel

East Bay Regional Parks District Board

  • (Ward 1): Whitney Dotson (2016)

East Bay Municipal Utility District Board

  • (Ward 4): Andy Katz (2016)