Editing Don Perata (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1945)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Don Perata
| image               = Don Perata (D744C73F-5981-416E-85C6-A7E0A7A334E2) (1).jpg
| state_senate        = California
| district            = [[California's 9th State Senate district|9th]]
| term_start          = December 7, 1998
| term_end            = November 30, 2008
| predecessor         = [[Barbara Lee]]
| successor           = [[Loni Hancock]]
| office2             = 48th [[President pro tempore of the California State Senate]]
| term_start2         = December 6, 2004
| term_end2           = November 30, 2008
| predecessor2        = [[John L. Burton]]
| successor2          = [[Darrell Steinberg]]
| state_assembly3     = California
| district3           = [[California's 16th State Assembly district|16th]]
| term_start3         = December 2, 1996
| term_end3           = December 7, 1998
| predecessor3        = [[Barbara Lee]]
| successor3          = [[Audie Bock]]
| nationality         = American
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1945|04|30}}
| birth_place         = [[Alameda, California]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| spouse              = 
| profession          = [[Lobbyist]], [[politician]], [[teacher]]
| alma_mater          = [[Saint Mary's College of California]]
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| birth_name          = Don Richard Perata
}}

'''Don Richard Perata''' (born April 30, 1945) is a [[California]] [[lobbying|lobbyist]]<ref name="Perata Consulting LLC">[http://www.perataLLC.com]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321205245/http://www.peratallc.com/|date=2012-03-21}}</ref> and former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politics|politician]], who was [[President pro tempore of the California State Senate]] from 2004 to 2008. He came in second place in [[2010 Oakland mayoral election|the November 2010 election]] for [[Mayor of Oakland]].<ref name="mayoralresults">{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/11/10/breaking-news-jean-quan-wins-mayors-race|title=BREAKING NEWS: JEAN QUAN WINS MAYOR'S RACE|first=Robert|last=Gammon|website=Eastbayexpress.com|accessdate=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212023250/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2010/11/10/breaking-news-jean-quan-wins-mayors-race|archive-date=12 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Perata worked with Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] to gain passage of five infrastructure related bond measures in 2006.  Prior to serving in the State Senate, Perata served in the [[California State Assembly]], as a member of the [[Board of Supervisors]] of [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]], and as a high school teacher.