Political Career
In 1985, Warren was elected countywide, in a county of 700,000 population, to the Board of Trustees of the three-college San Mateo County Community College District, for 1986–1989.
In 1986, knowing he no chance of winning, Warren nonetheless ran unsuccessfully for San Mateo County Supervisor against then-President of the County Board of Supervisors, Anna Eshoo, as a protest of her representation of the county's rural minority that composed much of her supervisorial district.
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