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Katrina Foley
Katrina Foley
	Foley in 2021
Member of the; Orange County Board of Supervisors; from the 5th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 10, 2023
Preceded by	Lisa Bartlett (redistricted)
Member of the; Orange County Board of Supervisors; from the 2nd district
	In office; March 26, 2021 – January 10, 2023
Preceded by	Michelle Steel
Succeeded by	Vicente Sarmiento (redistricted)
Mayor of Costa Mesa
	In office; December 4, 2018 – March 26, 2021
Preceded by	Sandra L. Genis
Succeeded by	John Stephens
	In office; December 13, 2016 – November 7, 2017
Preceded by	Stephen Mensinger
Succeeded by	Sandra L. Genis
Member of the Costa Mesa City Council
	In office; December 2, 2004 – December 14, 2010
Preceded by	Gary Monahan
Succeeded by	Stephen Mensinger
	In office; December 2, 2014 – December 4, 2018
Preceded by	Sandra L. Genis
Succeeded by	Sandra L. Genis
Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board Member, Trustee Area 2
	In office; December 14, 2010 – December 2, 2014
Preceded by	Michael B. Collier
Succeeded by	Charlene Metoyer
Personal details
Born	Katrina Anne Foley; July 5, 1967 (age 57); Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Casey
Children	2
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA); Seattle University (JD)
Website	https://www.katrinafoley.com/

Katrina Anne Foley (born July 5, 1967) is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 5th district, assuming office as supervisor on March 26, 2021.^[1] She is Chair of the Orange County Housing Finance Trust, and also serves on the boards of the Orange County Transportation Authority and Orange County Fire Authority.^[2]

Prior to her victory in a March 9, 2021 special election, she served as Mayor of Costa Mesa, California, where she became the city's first directly elected mayor in 2018.^[3]^[4] She previously ran an unsuccessful bid for California's 37th State Senate district, 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 Orange County Board of Supervisors, making her the second Democrat on the board, the other being Doug Chaffee. In 2022, when Foley narrowly won re-election to the board, under new district boundaries, a third Democrat also entered the board, flipping control of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from Republican to Democratic. That marked the first time since 1976 in which Democrats had control of the board.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Early life and education

Foley was born in Bakersfield, California. She received a bachelor's degree in English and Women's Studies from UCLA and a Juris Doctor from Seattle University.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

2020 Senate primary

2020 California's 37th State Senate district election^[10]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moorlach (incumbent)	132,275	47.3
	Democratic	Dave Min	78,293	28.0
	Democratic	Katrina Foley	68,952	24.7
Total votes			279,520	100.0

2021 supervisorial special election District 2

Orange County Board of Supervisors 2nd district special election, 2021^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katrina Foley	48,346	43.8
	Republican	John Moorlach	34,747	31.5
	Republican	Kevin Muldoon	12,773	11.6
	Republican	Michael Vo	9,886	9.0
	Democratic	Janet Rappaport	4,695	4.3
Total votes			110,447	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2022 supervisorial election District 5

General election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katrina Foley (incumbent)	64,888	41.8
	Republican	Patricia Bates	34,467	22.2
	Republican	Diane Harkey	28,809	18.5
	Republican	Kevin Muldoon	27,229	17.5
Total votes			155,393	100.0

Runoff

Results

Runoff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katrina Foley (incumbent)	114,847	51.23%
	Republican	Patricia Bates	109,336	48.77%
Total votes			224,183	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican