Ken Yeager

Infobox Politician
name =Ken Yeager

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office =Member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
from the 4^th district
term_start =2006
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preceded =Jim Beall
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residence =San Jose, California
party =Democrat
partner =Michael Haberecht
website =

Ken Yeager is an American politician from California, currently serving on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4. First elected to the board in 2006, he represents the cities of Campbell and Santa Clara, as well as west San Jose and the Burbank and Cambrian neighborhoods.

Previously, Yeager had served on San Jose City Council from 2000 to 2006. Before that, he'd served two terms on the San Jose/Evergreen Community College Board. He was a candidate for the 23rd district seat in the California State Assembly in 1996, coming in second in the Democratic primary to then-Supervisor (now Congressman) Mike Honda. [ [http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/1996_primary/sov_primary96.pdf California Secretary of State: 1996 primary election results] ]

Yeager attended San José State University (SJSU), where he earned a B.A. in political science. He went on to Stanford University, earning an M.A. in sociology and a Ph.D. in education. Prior to his election, he taught political science at SJSU for 12 years. Yeager recently completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. [ [http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/scl/vote/yeager_k/bio.html Biography from the League of Women Voters] ]

He is the first openly gay elected official in San Jose.cite web |url=http://www.supervisoryeager.org/portal/site/d4/menuitem.244564f66e6d425580b558bb35cda429/?path=%2Fv7%2FSupervisor%20Ken%20Yeager%20-%20District%204%20%28BOS%29%2FBiography |title=Ken Yeager Biography |accessdate=2007-06-05] His long-time partner is Michael Haberecht. [cite news
title = Couples preparing to wed
url = http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3065
work = Bay Area Reporter
date = 2008-06-12
accessdate = 2008-06-14 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.supervisoryeager.org/portal/site/d4/ Supervisor Ken Yeager's site]