Michael Patrick Sweeney (born October 30, 1950)[1] is an American Democratic Party politician who most recently served as mayor of Hayward, California, from 2006 to 2014.
[2] He served on the City Council starting in 1982, was reelected in 1986, and elected mayor for the first time in 1990.
in political science from California State University, Hayward.
[7][1] In August 2013, Sweeney announced he would not seek re-election in the 2014 California elections.
[8] His successor Barbara Halliday, took over as mayor in July 2014.