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Steve Hansen (California)
Steve Hansen was a member of the Sacramento City Council in California, representing District 4. He assumed office in 2012. He left office on December 15, 2020.
Hansen ran for election for Mayor of Sacramento in California. He lost in the primary on March 5, 2024.
Although elections for Sacramento City Council are officially nonpartisan, Hansen was affiliated with the Democratic Party and had been involved with the Latino Democratic Club and Stonewall Democratic Club of Sacramento as of November 2016.[1]
Biography
Hansen earned a B.S. in international relations from Gonzaga University and a J.D. from the University of the Pacific. His professional experience included working as an attorney and as the legislative director for Equality California.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Sacramento, California (2024)
General election
General election for Mayor of Sacramento
Kevin McCarty defeated Flojaune Cofer in the general election for Mayor of Sacramento on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 50.5 | 96,433 |
 | Flojaune Cofer (Nonpartisan)  | 49.5 | 94,495 | |
| Total votes: 190,928 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Sacramento
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Sacramento on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Flojaune Cofer (Nonpartisan) | 29.2 | 30,272 |
| ✔ | | Kevin McCarty (Nonpartisan) | 21.5 | 22,302 |
 | Richard Pan (Nonpartisan) | 21.3 | 22,010 | |
 | Steve Hansen (Nonpartisan) | 21.0 | 21,684 | |
| Jose Avina II (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 6,217 | ||
| Julius Engel (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,013 | ||
| Total votes: 103,498 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Horne (Nonpartisan)
- Jon Foy (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hansen in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in Sacramento, California (2020)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Sacramento City Council District 4
Katie Valenzuela won election outright against incumbent Steve Hansen in the primary for Sacramento City Council District 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katie Valenzuela (Nonpartisan) | 53.3 | 11,570 |
| Steve Hansen (Nonpartisan) | 46.7 | 10,130 | |
| Total votes: 21,700 | |||
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2016
The mayor's chair and four seats on the Sacramento City Council were up for election on June 7, 2016. Because incumbent Mayor Kevin Johnson did not seek re-election, the filing period for that race was extended to March 16, 2016.
While the June election was called a primary, it was functionally a general election. The only races where no candidate won a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast in the primary advanced to the election on November 8, 2016. The November election was called a general election, but it was functionally a runoff election.[3] Incumbent Steve Hansen defeated Susan Colombe in the Sacramento City Council District 4 primary election.
| Sacramento City Council District 4, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Hansen Incumbent |
75.55% | 7,943 |
| Susan Colombe | 23.96% | 2,519 |
| Write-in votes | 0.49% | 52 |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 10,514 | |
| Source: Sacramento County, California, "Unofficial Results Primary Election - June 7, 2016," June 8, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Hansen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Steve Hansen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by - |
Sacramento City Council, District 4 2012–2020 |
Succeeded by Katie Valenzuela |
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