Santa Cruz County Elections department Pellerin spent more than 27 years working for the Santa Cruz County elections department from 1993 until her retirement in December 2020. She started as an elections manager then served as the county's
clerk from 2004 until her retirement. She was unopposed in her elections as clerk. Pellerin served as President of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials from 2010 to 2012 and as co-chair of the
California Secretary of State’s Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee. Pellerin twice served as an international
election monitor in
Nagorno-Karabakh, during the
2015 parliamentary and
2017 constitutional referendum elections.
California State Assembly Elections On the last day of candidate filing for the
2022 election, Pellerin filed to run for the
California State Assembly in the
28th district, where incumbent
Mark Stone had been redistricted from the
29th district and was
term-limited. She placed first in the
blanket primary with 35.9% of the vote and advanced to the general election against
Republican former
Monte Sereno mayor Liz Lawler. She defeated Lawler with 68% of the vote in the general election. In the
2024 election, Pellerin again faced Lawler in a rematch. She defeated Lawler in the general election with 66.9% of the vote.
Tenure In January 2024, Pellerin signed onto a
California Legislative Jewish Caucus letter to fellow California state legislators asking for their "support and solidarity" following the
October 7th attacks and a pro-Palestine demonstration by the
Jewish Voice for Peace. In August 2025, Pellerin endorsed
Proposition 50, part of the broader
2025-2026 United States redistricting effort. ==Personal life==