WALNUT CREEK, California - January 8: Federal Glover, District 5 Supervisor on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors. (Dylan Bouscher/Bay Area News Group)
MARTINEZ — Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover announced Monday that he won’t seek re-election in 2024, ending his 24-year career on the board and paving the way for a new politician to take his place.
Glover, a Democrat and the first and only Black person ever to serve as a Contra Costa supervisor, announced his “retirement” from the board on social media Monday afternoon. He did not say what he’s planning to do next. He will finish his current term, set to expire in December 2024.
For Glover’s final year, he will serve as chair of the board, which he has done four times previously.
In 2015, Glover’s serious health concerns sparked speculation that he would end his political career. But after two months of waiting on an organ donor list, he underwent kidney and heart transplant surgery, recovered and returned to work.
Glover’s current district includes Pittsburg, Martinez, Hercules and Rodeo and portions of Antioch and Pinole as well the unincorporated communities of Alhambra Valley, Bay Point, Briones, Rodeo, Pacheco, Crockett, Tormey, Port Costa, Mt. View, Vine Hill, Reliez Valley and Clyde. Before his election in 2000, he served as a city councilmember and mayor of Pittsburg, where he’s lived all his life.
Two current Pittsburg City Council members have already announced their intent to follow in their footsteps. In September, Mayor Shanelle Scales-Preston announced her intent to run for Glover’s seat in the event that he declared he wasn’t running and two-term Councilmember Jelani Killings has also launched a campaign for the same seat.
Originally published at Nate Gartrell