Election update: Ortiz, Doan and Altwer keep San Jose council leads as county count passes 565,000 ballots
A Fremont Union High board race narrows to 46 votes, and Mountain View's second council seat is down to 20.
Peter Ortiz, Bien Doan and Genny Altwer kept their leads in San Jose's three City Council races in the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters' latest unofficial results, posted Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 5:08 p.m. The county has now counted 565,614 ballots, 40,038 more than on Nov. 9.
That puts countywide turnout so far at 52.34% of 1,080,711 registered voters. Results are not final, and leads can change as more ballots are counted.
San Jose
- District 5: Peter Ortiz 53.06%, Nora Campos 46.85%.
- District 7: Bien Doan 60.92%, Van Le 38.95%.
- District 9: Genny Altwer 53.71%, Gordon Chester 46.19%.
- Measure RTM, the regional transit tax: 54.83% yes in the county, up from 54.66%.
Close races elsewhere
- Fremont Union High, Trustee Area 3: Jason Lin leads Rosa Kim by 46 votes, down from 124.
- Mountain View City Council (three seats): Erik Poicon leads Silja Paymer by 20 votes for second place, up from 5. Robert Cox, in fourth, trails Paymer by 374.
- Milpitas mayor: Carmen Montano leads Hon Lien by 300 votes, up from 237.
- Santa Clara Unified, Trustee Area 1: Kamal Yassin leads Jim Canova by 58 votes, up from 54.
Our Nov. 10 update has the earlier count.
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, unofficial election results.