Election 2004: One newcomer, two incumbents for Board of Supervisors Election 2004: One newcomer, two incumbents for Board of Supervisors (March 10, 2004)

By Marion Softky
Almanac Staff Writer

When San Mateo County's newly elected supervisors take office next January, the Board of Supervisors will have two women for the first time.

Daly City Councilwoman Adrienne Tissier, who ran unopposed, will join incumbent Supervisors Rose Jacobs Gibson of East Palo Alto and Mark Church, who won re-election March 2 by large margins.

Ms. Tissier will succeed veteran Supervisor Mike Nevin in District 5, representing the North County. He has reached his limit of three terms, and plans to run for state Sen. Jackie Speier's seat when she reaches her term limit in 2006.

Besides serving on the Daly City City Council Ms. Tissier is a community and business leader who knows the territory. She is CEO of the public relations firm, Bay Relations, which has worked for many local government agencies and businesses in the county. She received 89,722 votes.

Supervisors Jacobs Gibson and Church each prevailed over politically inexperienced challengers with more than 70 percent of the countywide vote. San Mateo County is unusual among California counties in that its supervisors live in and represent a single district, but are elected at large by all the voters in the county.

Supervisor Jacobs Gibson beat North Fair Oaks neighborhood activist Stanley Buetens, 72,403 to 26,595.

After a vigorous, sometimes nasty, campaign, Supervisor Church received 81,810 votes to 24,314 for transportation consultant and county newcomer Taso Zografos.

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