Election results as of Wednesday morning show that the council divide in Santa Clara will remain the same, with one candidate endorsed by Mayor Lisa Gillmor winning her race and Gillmor’s favored police chief and city clerk candidates earning a spot.
The vacant District 1 seat, will be filled by Albert Gonzalez who has likely secured the seat, capturing 1,434 votes, 44.19% of the vote. It appears that opponent Satish Chandra has taken second with 1,130 votes, 34.82% of the vote. Harbir Bhatia finished last with 681 votes, 20.99% of the vote.
In District 4, Council Member Kevin Park has retained his seat against opponent Teresa O’Neill, winning 1,858 votes, 57.9% of the electorate.
Incumbent Suds Jain seems to have retained his seat against challenger David Kertes in District 5. As of Wednesday morning, Jain captured 1.882 votes, 52.69% of the vote.
Kelly Cox has defeated incumbent Vice Mayor Anthony Becker, winning 2,229 votes, garnering 51.96% of the vote. Newcomer George Guerra finished second with 1,058 votes, 24.73% of total votes. Meanwhile, Becker finished last with 999 votes, 23.35% of the vote.
The vacant city clerk seat will be filled by Bob O’Keefe, who won 6,302 votes, 31.44% of the vote. Opponent Steve Kelly came in second with 5,457 votes, 27.23% of the vote. Poornima Gopi came in third with 5,408 votes, 26.98% of the vote. Paul Tacci finished last, getting 2,877 votes, 14.35% of the vote.
Corey Morgan has defeated opponent Mario Brasil, securing 13,038 votes, 65.84% of the vote, in the race for Santa Clara’s police chief.
Voters have passed the city’s ballot Measure I to secure $400 million in infrastructure money, with 69.31% of voters approving it. Bond measures need a 66% approval to pass.
Over in Sunnyvale, voters have re-elected Mayor Larry Klein over opponent Russ Melton. Klein got 21,657 votes, 72.62% of the vote.
District 2 incumbent Alysa Cisneros has defeated challenger Jim Davis, securing 2,654 votes, winning 67.6% of the vote.
Eileen Le has taken 2,572 votes, winning 54% of the vote and securing the District 6 seat. Richard Lesher took second, with 1,467 votes, 30.8% of the vote, while Beverly Blau finished last with 724 votes, 15.2% of the vote.
Charlsie Chang won District 4 unopposed, getting 3,853 votes.
Sunnyvale’s two ballot measures, one to make changes to the charter and another to secure $290 million to build a new main library, both failed, with 58.39% and 36.52% of voters supporting them, respectively. Since Prop. 5, a state ballot measure to lower the threshold for bond measures to 55% failed, Sunnyvale’s bond also seemingly fell short of the needed supermajority to pass.
Finally, Patrick Ahrens has secured the Assembly District 26 seat, winning 47,443 votes, 57.96% of the vote, over opponent Tara Sreekrishnan.
