Santa Clara County, California

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Santa Clara County is a county in California. The county population is 1,936,259, according to the United States Census Bureau. The county seat is San Jose.

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## Contents

* 1 Federal officials
* 2 State officials
* 3 Cities
* 4 School districts
* 5 Courts
* 6 Ballot measures
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
* 9 Footnotes

## Federal officials[edit]

The current members of the U.S. Senate from California are:

Office title | Officeholder name | Date assumed office | Party affiliation

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U.S. Senate California

Alex Padilla

January 20, 2021

Democratic Party

U.S. Senate California

Adam Schiff

December 9, 2024

Democratic Party

To view a map of U.S. House districts in California and find your representative, click here.

## State officials[edit]

The following is a list of the current state executive officials from California:

Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office

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Attorney General of California | Rob Bonta | Democratic  | April 23, 2021
California Commissioner of Insurance | Ricardo Lara | Democratic  | January 7, 2019
California Controller | Malia Cohen | Democratic  | January 2, 2023
California Secretary for Natural Resources | Wade Crowfoot | Nonpartisan | 2019
California Secretary of State | Shirley Weber | Democratic  | January 29, 2021
California State Auditor | Grant Parks | Nonpartisan | January 16, 2023
California Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tony Thurmond | Nonpartisan | January 1, 2019
California Treasurer | Fiona Ma | Democratic  | January 7, 2019
Chief of Staff to the Governor of California | Nathan Barankin | Democratic  | December 16, 2024
Governor of California | Gavin Newsom | Democratic  | January 7, 2019
Lieutenant Governor of California | Eleni Kounalakis | Democratic  | 2019

To view a list of state legislators from California, click here.

## Cities[edit]

The following list contains cities located in Santa Clara County, California, that are currently covered by Ballotpedia. This list is not meant to be comprehensive:

1. San Jose, California

## School districts[edit]

The following list contains school districts located in Santa Clara County, California, that are currently covered by Ballotpedia. This list is not meant to be comprehensive:

1. Alum Rock Union School District, California
2. Cupertino Union School District, California
3. East Side Union High School District, California
4. Evergreen Elementary School District, California
5. Franklin-McKinley School District, California
6. Fremont Union High School District, California
7. Morgan Hill Unified School District, California
8. San Jose Unified School District, California
9. Santa Clara Unified School District, California
10. Oak Grove School District, California

## Courts[edit]

See also: Santa Clara County, California (Judicial)

The following courts are located in Santa Clara County, California. This list is not meant to be comprehensive:

1. Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California

## Ballot measures[edit]

See also: List of California ballot measures and Santa Clara County, California ballot measures

To view a list of statewide measures in California, click here.

To view a list of local ballot measures in Santa Clara County, California, click here.

## See also[edit]

Local Politics | Other California Content  | Elections in California

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## External links[edit]

* Santa Clara County, California
* National Association of Counties

## Footnotes[edit]

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