Margaret Abe-Koga
2025 - Present
2029
0
Margaret Abe-Koga is a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 5. She assumed office on January 6, 2025. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Abe-Koga ran for election to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to represent District 5 in California. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Abe-Koga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Margaret Abe-Koga was born in California, . She earned a high school diploma from Aragon High School and a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1992. Her career experience includes working as a city council member.[1] She has been affiliated with:
- Avenidas Senior Services
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- Caltrain Board of Directors
- Carbon Free Mountain View
- Cities Association of Santa Clara County
- Community Health Awareness Council
- Housing Trust of Silicon Valley
- Japanese American Chamber of Commerce of Silicon Valley
- League of Conservation Voters
- League of Women Voters
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board
- Santa Clara County Emergency Preparedness Council
- Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission
- Silicon Valley Clean Energy
- Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Association
- Valley Transportation Authority
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2024)
General election
General election for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5
Margaret Abe-Koga defeated Sally Lieber in the general election for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Margaret Abe-Koga (Nonpartisan)  | 57.1 | 82,490 |
 | Sally Lieber (Nonpartisan) | 42.9 | 61,937 | |
| Total votes: 144,427 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5
Margaret Abe-Koga and Sally Lieber defeated Peter Fung, Barry Chang, and Sandy Sans in the primary for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Margaret Abe-Koga (Nonpartisan) | 41.9 | 37,172 |
| ✔ | | Sally Lieber (Nonpartisan) | 24.8 | 21,962 |
| Peter Fung (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 17,892 | ||
 | Barry Chang (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 6,164 | |
| Sandy Sans (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 5,522 | ||
| Total votes: 88,712 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
To view Abe-Koga's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Abe-Koga in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Margaret Abe-Koga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Abe-Koga's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
I have served on the Mountain View City Council since 2007 and have been Mayor twice in 2009 and 2020. As Mayor I led the city out of a budget deficit during the Great Recession, and we have had surpluses ever since. During the Pandemic, I made sure families and businesses made it through lock-down by providing as much direct assistance as possible including over $6 million in rental assistance and creating an economic resiliency plan that gave grants and forgivable loans to small businesses to make sure they could survive the crises.
Over my sixteen years on the City Council, I have championed fiscal responsibility, economic development, public safety and emergency preparedness, housing opportunities of all types, transportation options, and sustainability. Through good times and bad times, I have committed myself to making sure our community thrive and I am proud of the accomplishments we have achieved.
I have also served on numerous regional boards and commissions as I understand that our biggest challenges cross city boundaries.- Safe Neighborhoods:
Sadly, crime is on the rise in the Bay Area with the increase in smash and grabs, retail theft and other property crimes. Everyone deserves to feel safe and secure in their own neighborhood. That is why I am proud to be public safety’s choice and have the sole endorsements of Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen, District Attorney Jeff Rosen, deputy sheriffs, local police officers and firefighters.
As someone who has reduced crime before, by creating more productive outlets and pathways for young people, increased staffing in the Mountain View Police Department and ensured best available training, equipment, and resources to protect our community, I welcome the work of making our County a safer place for everyone. - Small Business Advocacy: During the pandemic I worked hard to assist our businesses by initiating a micro loan and grant program. I worked with our Chamber of Commerce to help businesses with marketing and championed the outdoor dining program for our downtown restaurants. As Supervisor I’ll introduce initiatives to help businesses still recovering from the pandemic and those struggling with today's uncertain economy. As someone who owned a small business, I know what today's small business owners need to succeed and continue to be our economic engine for the community.
- Strong Fiscal Leadership through tough times: Financial responsibility is critical to ensuring excellent public services. I have steered Mountain View through the Great Recession and the recent soaring inflation. Through both crises, I maintained a balanced budget and Mountain View’s excellent AAA bond rating. With my work on regional boards, I’ve helped secure important federal, state and regional dollars for our City to be able to move capital programs and service programs forward. I will bring this fiscal excellence, discipline, and revenue generation strategies to the Board of Supervisors.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5 |
Officeholder Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 14, 2024
 |
State of California Sacramento (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
