Wesley Chesbro

Wesley P. Chesbro (born Aug. 1951) is a democrat and American Politician from California. Chesbro served as a State Senator from California's 2nd district from 1998 until 2006. He currently is a member of the California Integrated Waste Management Board. He has also served as a Humboldt County Supervisor and an Arcata city councilman.

Senator Chesbro was term limited in 2006 and was replaced by former Assemblywoman Pat Wiggins. On January 7, 2007, Chesbro was appointed by the California State Senate Rules Committee to serve again on the California Integrated Waste Management Board. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell January 12th 2007 announced the appointment of former State Senator Wesley Chesbro to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.

On February 8, 2008 Chesbro announced that he will be running to replace term-limited Patty Berg in California's 1st assembly district.

Chesbro divides his time between Sacramento, California, where he serves on the California Integrated Waste Management Board and Humboldt County where he has lived for over 35 years. Chesbro and his wife Cyndi have two children, Alan who is a senior at Humboldt State University, and Collin who is an incoming freshman at San Francisco State University.