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Adam WerbachWerbach was appointed in 2003 by San Francisco city supervisor Chris Daly to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission while then-Mayor Willie Brown was out of town.
Fletcher BowronHe was then elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1938 in the wake of the corruption arising from the previous administration of Frank L. Shaw, and earned the reputation of being lawful, unlike his predecessor.
Pat Spearman Spearman was first elected to public office in May 1991, when she won a seat on the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District in Texas.
Bill Lowery (politician) Bill was elected to City Council in San Diego in 1977 at the age of 30.
Carl Paladino On February 28, 2013, Paladino announced his candidacy for the South Buffalo seat on the school board of Buffalo Public Schools.
William StephensFollowing Los Angeles Mayor Arthur C. Harper's resignation from office shortly before a crucial recall election, Stephens was appointed Acting Mayor of the city on March 15, 1909, becoming the city's 27th mayor.
George Lopez On December 21, 2010, Lopez announced on Good Day L. A. that he would run for mayor of Los Angeles in about eight years.
Betsy HodgesIn November 2005, Hodges was elected to represent Ward 13 on the Minneapolis City Council, defeating Lisa McDonald.
Chris Korwin-KuczynskiKorwin-Kuczynski was a member of the council's right-wing, and was a frequent ally of fellow councillor Tom Jakobek (Toronto Star, 29 November 1994).
Joseph TerryTerry served as Sheriff of York in 1870, and was Lord Mayor of the city on four occasions.
George E. BrunnerHe served until 1935, when he was elected to the Camden City Board of Commissioners as part of a coalition ticket.
Julius WechselbergHe did not run for re-election in 1888, and was succeeded in office by Herman Kroeger, who was elected as a nominal Democrat but changed his party affiliation to Union Labor (the party which had almost elected him as Mayor of Milwaukee earlier that year).
Dayne WallingAfter an April 2004 Flint forum, Walling decided to move back to Flint to run for Mayor.
William S. EdmistonIn 1895, Edmiston was elected to Edmonton Town Council, finishing first in the aldermanic race.
Eric Garcetti On May 21, 2013, Eric Garcetti was elected Mayor of Los Angeles with 53.
David Milwyn Duggan Duggan ran for mayor in the 1920 Edmonton election when, despite lacking any previous experience, he defeated incumbent Joseph Clarke.
Tim ParkerParker spent a very short period in 2008 as First Deputy Mayor of London, working with Boris Johnson.
Vincent OrangeOn November 8, 2013, Orange announced that he would run for mayor of the District of Columbia.
Charles Barron In 1997, Barron ran for the city council.
Abraham Lawthumb | left | Richmond Villa On January 6, 1873, Law was elected the first reeve of the newly incorporated village of Richmond Hill.
Howard WayneHe was easily reelected by a 57 % to 39 % margin in 1998 after defeating Jean Roesch, a member of the Coronado Unified School District Board of Education.
Edward L. Thrasher See also List of Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1929 -- 43 Thrasher's'' entry into politics was brought about when he was called in to assist in revising the city's building code.''
Roy HamptonThree years later, in 1943, Hampton made a charge in 30,000 campaign fliers circulated'' on the eve of the municipal primary'' that Ned R. Healy, his opponent in the 13th District race, had been at one time a registered member of the Communist Party.
Miguel del Valle After Mayor Daley announced that he will not run for another term, del Valle was the first to declare his candidacy in the Chicago mayoral election, 2011.
Mohammad Bagher GhalibafIn September 2005, he was elected as Tehran's mayor by the City Council of Tehran.
Simon Salinas On January 9, 2007 Salinas once again took the oath of office to become a Monterey County Supervisor, this time representing the 3rd district.
Dan KnottAs part of this trend, Knott ran for a position as alderman on Edmonton City Council during the 1920 election.
Adam Giambrone Giambrone launched a campaign for Mayor of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election on February 1, 2010, ending it on February 10, 2010.
Sharpe James Sharpe James was first elected to public office in 1970 as South Ward Councilman.
Marko Liias At the age of 24, Liias was elected to Mukilteo City Council in November 2005, running unopposed.
Gavin NewsomIn 1996, San Francisco mayor Willie Brown appointed Newsom to serve on the city's Parking and Traffic Commission, and then as a member of the Board of Supervisors the following year.
Arthur EveEve was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1966 following several years of service as an independent ward leader in Buffalo.
Bernard KincaidIn 1997 he was elected to represent District 8 in the Birmingham City Council and two years later defeated interim-Mayor William A. Bell in a runoff to become Mayor.
Frank J. WeberIn 1906 he was elected to the Assembly from the 16th Milwaukee County district (the 20th ward of the City of Milwaukee), succeeding fellow Socialist August W. Strehlow.
Fat JoeAt a'' School is Cool'' assembly in Public School 5 in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 11, 2009, Fat Joe was a speaker.
William Donald SchaeferIn 1967, Schaefer ran successfully for Baltimore City Council president and, four years later, he ran successfully for the mayor's office.
Susan FishShe returned to politics in 1991, when she ran for Mayor of Toronto against Jack Layton, June Rowlands and Betty Disero.
Dennis FlynnIn 1988, Alan Tonks contested Flynn's position and defeated him in a vote held by Metro Council to become Metro Chairman.
Deborah Ortiz Ortiz was first elected to public office in a special election in 1993 when she was elected to the Sacramento City Council.
Thomas Daly (Alberta politician)In the 1906 Edmonton election, Daly ran for Edmonton City Council as an alderman.
Morteza TalaieAfter his retirement, he nominated himself as a candidate in 2006 local elections and was elected as Tehran's second district city council man.
Dick Mather Mather left his position as a school trustee at the end of his term in 1995 to run as an Alderman in Ward 6.
Chuck TurnerOn December 1, 2010, Turner was expelled from the Boston City Council by an 11-1 vote making him the first council member to ever be expelled in the history of the modern Boston City Council.
Douglas WilderOn November 2, 2004, Wilder received 79 % of the vote (55,319 votes) to become the first directly elected Mayor of Richmond in sixty years.
Ralph Luther Criswell1925 A new city charter effective in 1925 changed the method of election, and Criswell campaigned for the first seat in the new 7th District.
David SoknackiOn September 30, 2013, he announced that he would run for Mayor of Toronto as a fiscal conservative against incumbent mayor Rob Ford.
Augusta ClarkClark was elected to an at-large seat on the Philadelphia City Council in 1979, becoming the second African-American woman to serve on the city council.
Joseph SingerHe returned to City Council in the 1925 municipal election as Alderman for Ward 3 which included the original Jewish neighbourhood of The Ward.
Gord PerksA few months later, he ran for city councillor in the nearby Ward 14, Parkdale -- High Park electoral district, in the 2006 Toronto municipal election.
Robert Garcia (California politician)In July 2012 he was unanimously elected to a two-year term as Vice Mayor by the City Council, becoming the first Latino Vice Mayor in Long Beach and the youngest in the City's history (Press Telegram, July 18, 2012).
?ngel Custodio QuintanaIn 1896 he was elected as the municipality of San Javier's first mayor.
Helen BuckinghamIn 1997, Buckingham made a bid to be elected as a councillor for the City of Whitehorse, and was ultimately successful.
John SewellHe was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1969 as alderman for Ward 7, a predominantly working class area including St. Jamestown, Regent Park, Don Vale, and Cabbagetown.
Gustav BergmanWhen Beverly incorporated as a town in 1914, he ran for mayor, was elected and served a single term.
Eric MarAs a Commissioner for the Board of Education he In 2008 Mar ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District 1 and won the election, defeating planning commissioner Sue Lee.
Jacques OlivierDuring the Quebec municipal restructuring of 2002, Olivier became Mayor of the new Mega-city of Longueuil which merged the former cities of Longueuil, Boucherville, Brossard and Saint-Lambert ; towns of Greenfield Park, LeMoyne, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Hubert.
Alex CollinsHe served as acting mayor in 1921 following the death of Camille Gladu but was unsuccessful when he ran for that post in the election held the following year.
Joseph Hamilton (Wisconsin legislator) In 1873, having never run for office before, he was elected to Milwaukee County's 2nd Assembly seat (the 2nd Ward of the City of Milwaukee).
Anna EshooIn 1992 when a gay bashing mailer was directed at Supervisor Tom Nolan (the first openly gay supervisor in San Mateo and her opponent for her congressional seat) Eshoo stood fast in defending him, his record and years of service.
Sharpe JamesIn 2013, Sharpe advised the election campaign of his son John Sharpe James, who was seeking, and won, a seat on the Municipal Council of Newark.
Ernest E. DebsDebs first ran for the Los Angeles City Council District 8 seat in the'' extreme southwest'' of the city in 1931, but came in fourth in a field of eight candidates : Incumbent Evan Lewis was the winner.
John P. DarlingHe was Supervisor of the Town of Otto for several terms, first in 1845.
Nelson Castro (politician)In November 2008, Nelson Castro made history by becoming the first Dominican American elected to public office in the Bronx.
Garry GuzzoGuzzo was elected for a three-year term to Ottawa City Council as an alderman for Capital Ward in 1969.
Lynne SerpeShe was the Green Party candidate in the 2009 New York City Council race for New York's 22nd District, which includes Astoria, Long Island City and parts of Jackson Heights, and finished second in that race.
Elizabeth BrackettIn 1976, she unsuccessfully ran for a seat as a committeeman in Chicago's 43rd ward.
Grantland JohnsonJohnson has announced plans for a political comeback in 2010 as he is running for his old seat on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors that is being vacated after 4 terms by Roger Dickinson who is running for the State Assembly.
Adam GiambroneAfter being re-elected in the 2006 municipal election, taking almost 67 % of the vote in his ward, Giambrone was elected as Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission on December 6, 2006.
Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.He was a member of the Baltimore City Council and a candidate in the 2007 mayoral election.
John F. CosgroveIn January 2006, he was elected the first mayor of the newly incorporated town of Cutler Bay, Florida.
Anne Marie DeCicco-BestOn October 25, 2010, Fontana defeated DeCicco-Best in the 2010 municipal election to become the mayor of London.
June Rowlands Rowlands was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1976 when she was returned as the junior alderman for Ward 10 covering Rosedale and part of North Toronto.
Dennis FlynnIn the 1988 municipal election, he ran successfully for Metro Council in the ward of Kingsway-Humber ward.
Louis WollbrinckHe was a staunch Republican, and though he lost the 1918 election for City Assessor (the Progressives split the bloc and gave the office to Democrat Frank Schramm) St. Louis Mayor Henry Kiel took advantage of a provision of the new city charter to fire Schramm and appoint Wollbrinck.
Eddie Perez (politician) In his first run for political office in 2001, Eddie PĂ©rez made history as the first Hispanic -- American to become mayor of a New England capital.
Alan DeSousaPrior to its merger with Montreal, DeSousa was a city councilor with the former city of Saint-Laurent since 1990.
Philippe DeroseIn 2000, Derose became the first Haitian-American to be elected mayor in the United States when he was elected Mayor of the Village of El Portal.
Randy HawesPrior to his election to the BC Legislature, Hawes was elected in 1993 to the first of three consecutive terms as the Mayor of Mission following a one-year term as a City Councillor.
Beth FinchBeth Finch won the 1975 mayoral election in 1975, becoming the city's first female mayor.
Vince ScottHe was elected to Hamilton City Council for the city's fourth ward in the 1982 municipal election, and subsequently participated in discussions with Tiger-Cats owner Harold Ballard to ensure that the team remained in Hamilton.
Barbara BoydShe became the first African American elected to Cleveland Heights City Council in 1983, where she would ultimately serve as mayor.
Stephen Clark FosterIn 1854, Foster was elected mayor of Los Angeles.
Elmer Ernest RoperRoper ran for school trustee in Edmonton's 1924 municipal election.
Leslie Howard SaundersIn 1947 he won back his old seat on city council he served there for two years before trying again for the Board of Control.
Harold A. HenryHenry also ran unsuccessfully for Los Angeles County supervisor in 1958.
Curren PriceMr. Price won a special election in May 2009 to represent the 26th District in the State Senate, which includes South and West Los Angeles as well as the entirety of the City of Culver City.
Linda J. LeZotteShe lost to City Councilmember Ken Yeager in the 2006 race for a seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
Howard B. BardBard entered politics by being elected to the San Diego City Council in 1918.
Christopher Magee (politician)In 1879, in the city's Sixth Ward, one of Magee's brothers ran for office against William Flinn, an upstart in local politics.
Roy SchooleyOutside of sports, also Schooley worked as the treasurer to the City of Pittsburgh and as the campaign manager to Edward V. Babcock, who would go on to become Pittsburgh's mayor in 1918.
Floyd Adams, Jr.He took office in January 1996, becoming the first African-American mayor in the city's history.
Ernest DraffinHe also campaigned for the Winnipeg City Council in the 1953 municipal election, but was defeated in the city's predominantly middle-class first ward.
James Hahn Hahn was elected in 2001, defeating Antonio Villaraigosa to serve as the 40th mayor of Los Angeles.
Joshua J. CohenCohen, who served previously on the Anne Arundel County Council (District 6) and the Annapolis City Council (Ward 8), succeeded Ellen O. Moyer as Annapolis' chief executive on Dec. 7, 2009.
George Ho Lem George launched his political career, by winning election in 1959 as a City of Calgary alderman.
Alex CullenHe ran for Ottawa City Council in 1988 in the Richmond Ward, but lost to incumbent Jacquelin Holzman.
William Thomas Henry Henry sought election to the Edmonton Town Council as an alderman in 1896 but was defeated, finishing seventh of nine candidates.
George Gauer He was elected in November, 1922 from the 14th Assembly district (17th Ward of the City of Milwaukee), receiving 2,046 votes to 1,493 for Republican incumbent Edward Volmer and 137 for Democrat Edward J. Watson.
Mike Hurst (politician) Hurst was elected Mayor of Windsor in the 1991 municipal election, defeating local magazine publisher Jerry Woloschuk.
David L. LawrenceIn 1945, Lawrence was elected mayor of Pittsburgh by a narrow margin.