Mike Barbanica, an Antioch city councilman and local businessman, has won the endorsement of California State Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, in his bid for Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in District 5.
Glazer represents Contra Costa and Alameda counties.
“Mike Barbanica is a no-nonsense leader with the skills and expertise to effectively impact the issues facing us in Contra Costa County,” Glazer said in a statement. “Mike shares my belief that politics is about service and progress, and I’m confident he’ll bring a sense of civility and respect for diverging opinions that we need more of in elected office.”
Barbanica, meanwhile, said Glazer is “an icon of principled leadership, someone who believes in prioritizing results over rhetoric and people over politics.”
“That approach can help us improve our homeless, housing, and crime issues, and that will be my approach on the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors,” he said.
Other endorsements have come from Mary Knox, Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston, Jim Diaz, mayor of Clayton, Dan Romero, mayor of Hercules, Tony Oerlemans, Brentwood city councilman, along with other retired officials.
Barbanica and his wife, Kristine, operate a small property management and real estate broker business, Blue Line Property Group, helping families access housing. He is a retired Pittsburg police lieutenant and decorated officer who served for more than 20 years.
Barbanica is running for the open seat in Contra Costa’s District 5, which covers the northern portions of Contra Costa, running from Hercules to Antioch, and includes Martinez and Pittsburg.
Barbanica will face Pittsburg Councilwoman Shanelle Scales-Preston in the race for supervisor this November.
Earlier, Scales-Preston picked up endorsements from Congressman Mark DeSaulnier,
Congressman John Garamendi and retired Congressman George Miller, along with Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer, Nancy Skinner, California State Senate, and Tony Thurmond, California State Superintendent of Schools, along with local officials, including Brentwood Mayor Joel Bryant, Oakley Mayor Anissa Williams, Pittsburg Mayor Juan Banales and Concord Mayor Edi Birsan among others.
