The West Valley’s city council races are tight this election season, with some candidates trailing just a few hundred votes behind the leaders — leaving the seats open to change with hundreds of thousands of uncounted ballots remaining. In the contentious race for Cupertino City Council, Councilmember Kitty Moore and former Planning Commissioner R “Ray”...
Evan Low concedes Silicon Valley congressional race to Sam Liccardo
State Assemblymember Evan Low has conceded the race for Silicon Valley’s hottest congressional seat — sending former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to Washington D.C. Election night results launched Liccardo into a comfortable 20% lead over Low for Congressional District 16, a trend that hasn’t changed much since subsequent ballot tallying updates. Low — whose...
Santa Clara voters promote police lieutenant to chief
Santa Clara voters have selected their new chief of police and city clerk, with early results showing Cory Morgan holding a significant lead in the race to replace Police Chief Pat Nikolai, who is retiring this year. As of 4:58 p.m. on Friday, Morgan is leading with 66.2% of the vote. He is trailed by...
Milpitas mayor leads in close race to keep her seat
Milpitas Mayor Carmen Montano is leading the 2024 race by just three points over her closest opponent Councilmember Hon Lien. Montano was first elected Milpitas mayor in 2022 after serving as vice mayor — making her the first woman mayor in the city’s history. With Milpitas mayors serving two years per term, the 2024 campaign...
Santa Clara votes new candidate in and familiar politician out
In the Mission City’s only open city council race, Albert Gonzalez appears to be leading a 3-way contest to replace Santa Clara Councilmember Kathy Watanabe who terms out in December. As of 4:58 p.m. on Friday, Gonzalez is leading with 43.3% of the vote. He is trailed by Satish Chandra who secured 34.9% of the...
Abe-Koga will be next Santa Clara County supervisor in District 5
Margaret Abe-Koga has a significant lead over Sally Lieber for the Santa Clara County Supervisor District 5 race. As of 5 p.m. Friday, Mountain View Councilmember Abe-Koga has 57.3% of the vote, or 66,070 votes. Lieber, California State Board of Equalization chair, trails with 42.6% of the vote, or 49,125 votes. The county’s voter turnout...
Pamela Campos leads San Jose D2 race by thin margin
Educator turned candidate Pamela Campos has a marginal lead over retired sheriff’s deputy Joe Lopez in the race for the San Jose City Council District 2 seat. As of 5 p.m. Friday, Campos, a nonprofit advocate and former education specialist, is ahead with 52.1% of the vote, or 11,766 votes. Longtime San Jose resident and...
Patrick Ahrens leads in Assembly District 26 race
In the South Bay’s only competitive Assembly race, Patrick Ahrens is leading over Tara Sreekrishnan to fill the Assembly District 26 seat. As of 5 p.m. Friday, Ahrens, district director for Assemblymember Evan Low, is ahead with roughly 56.8% of the vote, or 58,658 votes. Sreekrishnan, a deputy chief of staff and legislative director for state...
D8 San Jose Councilman Domingo Candelas headed to victory
In a heated fight for reelection, San Jose Councilmember Domingo Candelas appears to be headed for another four years on the city council. As of 5 p.m. Friday, incumbent Candelas is leading his opponent, San Jose police Sgt. Tam Truong, with 55.1% of the vote, or 15,866 votes. Truong trails with 44.8% of the vote,...