State Senate Redistricting: Tri-Cities Stay Together

Based on the preliminary final redistricting maps released Friday, Sen. Majority Leader Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro) will continue to represent Newark.

It is the only redistricting change in which Newark will remain whole with its Tri-Cities counterparts.

If the maps are approved August 15, Newark will continue to share a state senator with Fremont, Union City, Hayward, San Lorenzo, Sunol and Milpitas.

Corbett, who was first elected to the State Senate, represents the 10th District. She will be termed out in 2014.

The main differences of the new boundaries are the exclusion of Pleasanton and San Leandro and the 10th District's push south to include more of San Jose.

In an email sent to Patch through her spokesperson, Corbett encouraged constituents with concerns about the new boundaries to communicate with the redistricting commission before it takes final action on Aug. 15. 

"Whatever the final outcome of the new district lines, I look forward to serving my constituents in the 10th Senate District until the end of my term in 2014,” Corbett said.