- Ken Yeager
Infobox Politician
name =Ken Yeager
width =140
height =185
office =Member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
from the 4th district
term_start =2006
term_end =
preceded =Jim Beall
succeeded =
birth_date =
birth_place =
residence =San Jose, California
party =Democrat
partner =Michael Haberecht
website =Ken Yeager is an American
politician fromCalifornia , 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 theCalifornia 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 toStanford 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 theJohn F. Kennedy School of Government atHarvard 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]
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