Just as an example, using a recent consolidated Alameda County (California) ballot there were elections in districts, cites, etc., that accounts for at least 350 elected officials at the county or lower level. And that wouldn’t include various sanitary, fire, healtchare, etc., districts that didn’t have anyone up for election last November.
Personally, I am represented by the following elected officials:
- President of the United States
- 2 senators from California
- 1 representative in House of Representative from California District 13
- 1 governor of California
- 1 lieutenant governor of California
- 1 secretary of state for California
- 1 attorney general of state of California
- 1 controller for state of California
- 1 treasurer for state of California
- 1 insurance commissioner for state of California
- 1 superintendent of public instruction for state of California
- 1 member of the California State Board of Equalization
- 1 representative in the state assembly
- 1 representative in the state senate
- 1 member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors
- 1 mayor of Dublin, California
- 4 city councilpersons for Dublin, California
- 1 member of the Alameda County Water District
- 5 board members for the Dublin Unified School District
- 3 board members of the Dublin-San Ramon Services District
- 1 board member for East Bay Municipal Water District
- 1 board member for Bay Area Rapid Transit District
- 1 board member for East Bay Regional Park District
- Not sure how many of the 69 elected judges I get to vote for in the Superior Court of Alameda County
So I feel pretty special knowing that there are at least 26 people out there who are supposed to care what I think they should do.