Arreguin throws his hat in: Berkeley mayor announces he’ll wage State Senate campaign

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News February 24, 2023February 22, 2023

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin announced he is running for state Senate District 7 in 2024. (Jesse Arreguin for state Senate via Bay City News)

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin announced he will be giving up his seat as mayor to run for a seat in the California State Senate.

The announcement comes more than a year before the March 2024 primary. If he wins, Arreguin would represent a new Senate District 7 and succeed state Sen. Nancy Skinner, who is terming out.

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Keith Burbank, Bay City News

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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