Mayor Katrina Foley, City of Costa Mesa, CA

Katrina Anne Foley (born July 5, 1967) is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the member of the

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from the 2nd district, assuming office on March 26, 2021. She is also on the board of the

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. Prior to her victory in a March 9, 2021 special election, she served as Mayor of

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, where she became the city's first directly elected mayor in 2018. She previously ran an unsuccessful bid for

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, placing 3rd in the 2020 primary election with 24.7% of the vote. Her victory in a March 9, 2021 special election flip a seat in the

and was the only 2 democrats on the

the other being

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in till 2022 when Foley won her supervisorial race against former supervisor, state senator and minority leader Patricia ''Pat'' Bates flipping control of the

from republican to democrats the last time democrats had control for the board was in 1976.

Early life and education

Foley was born in

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. She received a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in English and

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from

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and a

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from

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Electoral history

2020 Senate primary

2021 supervisorial special election District 2

2022 supervisorial election District 5

Runoff

Results

References

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