Pierluigi Oliverio is a former American politician, who was the 6th district Councilmember on the San Jose City Council. He was sworn in on March 20, 2007, and left office in January 2017. He was elected to three consecutive terms, and could no longer run due to term limits.

Pierluigi Oliverio
Member of the San Jose City Council
from the 6th district
In office
March 20, 2007 – December 31, 2016
Preceded byKen Yeager
Succeeded byDevora Davis
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
San Jose, California
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceSan Jose, California
Alma materSan Jose State University
ProfessionHigh Tech Business Development

Background

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Pierluigi grew up in San Jose attending K-12 public schools, and obtained his BA and Teaching Credential from San Jose State University. Prior to being elected to the San Jose City Council Pierluigi worked in the semiconductor and software industry.

Political campaigns

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In an election held June 5, 2018, Pierluigi Oliverio unsuccessfully ran for the Santa Clara County Supervisor position in District 4 to replace the outgoing Ken Yeager.[1] In the days after the election night, it seemed that Oliverio came in for a second place runoff election by a slim 105-vote margin[2] However, it became clear that this was a third place showing as the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters continued its round-the-clock tally of provisional and mailed-in ballots.[3]

Oliverio ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for California's 17th congressional district in the 2016 election, without raising any money, coming in fifth place with 4.2% of the vote.[4]

Two months after losing his run for Congress, Oliverio filed papers in August 2016 to campaign for a seat on the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority's board of directors.[5] Again, he did not spend any funds on the campaign. He lost against the incumbent in District 4, Dorsey Moore, who won the four-year term for 2016–2020.[6]

In 2014, Oliverio campaigned unsuccessfully in the mayoral race for the City of San Jose, California. He was eliminated from the race in the June primary coming in fourth with just under 10 percent of the vote.[7]

He is a board member of the Silicon Valley Taxpayer's Association.[8]

Elected to the City of San Jose's Planning Commission in March 2019, and reelected May 2022. Elected Chair of the City of San Jose's Planning Commission June 2022.

Elected to Willow Glen Neighborhood Association Board in 2018.

Re-Elected to 5th term on the Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee in March 2024.

Member of the local chapter of the League of Women Voters since 2020.

References

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  1. ^ "Election Night Reporting".
  2. ^ "Oliverio clings to second place to face Ellenberg in November supervisor race". 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Don Rocha Holds Narrow Lead over Pierluigi Oliverio in Santa Clara County Supervisor Race". 11 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Complete Statement of Vote" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  5. ^ "San Jose: Pierluigi Oliverio running for open-space seat". 20 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Board of Directors at Open Space Authority".
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Mike (June 3, 2014), "San Jose mayor's race: Dave Cortese vs. Sam Liccardo in November", Mercury News, retrieved March 1, 2017
  8. ^ "Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association - Who We Are". svtaxpayers.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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Preceded by Member of the San Jose City Council from the 6th district
2006–2016
Succeeded by