Mayor Jennifer Hosterman announced this week that she will seek reelection as mayor in November, becoming the first in city government to launch her 2006 campaign.
“I have some projects that I would like to finish up over the next two years,” she said. “My biggest concern is traffic and I really want to have an opportunity to make a difference in getting that under control.”
Hosterman, who recently took the Bar exam to become a lawyer, is awaiting results on that test, which are expected to be announced this summer. Her husband Michael is an attorney whose practice is located downtown on Peters Avenue.
Hosterman long chaired the Bernal task force and was first elected to the City Council in 2002, on her second try. She was elected mayor in 2004, succeeding Tom Pico, who chose not to seek reelection. Hosterman serves on numerous regional committees, including several that are focused on highway planning and traffic.
“I am going to focus my next term in office on being the very best mayor of the very best city that I possibly can,” she said.
Councilman Steve Brozosky, who has been rumored as planning to run against Hosterman for the mayor’s post, said he will probably make an announcement on his intentions next week.
“I just returned from Tulancingo, our sister city, where I represented the City Council, so I need to review my options and make a decision,” Brozosky said. “Elected to the council in 2002, Brozosky is completing the first four year term. He can seek reelection to another four-year term. If he decides to seek the mayor’s post, he would not be able to run for a council seat.
Councilman Jerry Thorne, who won a three-man race last June to fill the vacancy created by Councilwoman Hosterman’s election as mayor in 2004, is expected to announce his candidacy for reelection at a breakfast at the Fairgrounds April 26. The event is being sponsored by the Pleasanton Breakfast Club.
A retired business executive, Thorne received the endorsement of the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce’s Political Action Committee in his June election.
Thorne is likely to see familiar faces on the campaign trail. Both Planning Commissioner Brian Arkin and businessman Dan Faustina, who ran against Thorne last June, have indicated that they will try again this year.
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