Lisa Bartlett
Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
January 1, 2019 – January 3, 2020
Preceded byShawn Nelson
Succeeded byMichelle Steel
In office
January 1, 2016 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byTodd Spitzer
Succeeded byMichelle Steel
Vice Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
January 13, 2015 – January 1, 2016
Preceded byTodd Spitzer
Succeeded byMichelle Steel
Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 5th district
In office
December 1, 2014 – January 2, 2023
Preceded byPatricia Bates
Succeeded byKatrina Foley (redistricted)
Personal details
Born
Lisa Sato

Culver City, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of California, Irvine
California State University, Fullerton (BA)
Pepperdine University (MBA)

Lisa A. Bartlett (née Sato)[1] is an American politician and former businesswoman. Bartlett is the former Orange County supervisor for district 5. Bartlett is the former mayor of Dana Point, California. She is a Republican.[2]

Early life

Bartlett was born in Culver City,[3] and moved to Orange County when she was three years old.[4] She is of Japanese descent.[5]

Political career

Dana Point City Council

Bartlett's political career started in 2006, when she was elected to the Dana Point city council. She was reelected to a second term in 2010 and for two years she was mayor (in 2009 and in 2014).[4]

Orange County Board of Supervisors

In 2014, she ran for the fifth district seat on the Orange County board of supervisors. She finished in second place in the June primary but defeated Laguna Niguel city councilman Robert Ming in the November runoff. In 2018, she was re-elected, having run unopposed.

She served as chair of the Orange County board of supervisors in 2016 and 2019.[4]

U.S. House campaign

On January 3, 2022, Bartlett announced that she would be a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in California's 49th congressional district, running against incumbent Democrat Mike Levin.[6] She finished third in the nonpartisan primary, behind Levin and former San Juan Capistrano Mayor Brian Maryott, and did not advance to the general election.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "JACL Concludes Virtual Elections in Place of National Convention". JACL. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Lisa A. Bartlett, Supervisor Fifth District". ocgov.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Supervisor Lisa Bartlett". www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 8, 2018. The subject's own Facebook page is used here as a citation because its intended purpose in this context is to verify content about the subject herself.
  4. 1 2 3 Cuniff, Meghann M. (January 24, 2016). "New Board of Supervisors chairwoman Lisa Bartlett brings new approach, focus on animal shelter". Orange County Register. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lisa Bartlett – Orange County Register". ocregister.com. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "OC Supervisor Lisa Bartlett Announces Run for 49th District Seat". January 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2022 Election: Latest vote counts show 49th District coming down to Rep. Mike Levin, Brian Maryott". Orange County Register. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
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