Election update: Rosa Kim's lead in Fremont Union High race grows to 23 votes as county count reaches 621,548 ballots
San Jose's three council leaders hold, and Measure RTM stays at 55.33% yes. Mountain View's second council seat widens to a 20-vote gap.
Rosa Kim widened her lead over Jason Lin to 23 votes in Fremont Union High School District's Trustee Area 3, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters' latest unofficial results show. She led by 13 a day earlier. The update, posted Thursday, Nov. 12, at 5:03 p.m., adds 2,644 ballots, for 621,548 counted.
That is 57.51% of the county's 1,080,711 registered voters. Results are not final, and leads can still change.
San Jose
- District 5: Peter Ortiz 52.96%, Nora Campos 47.04%.
- District 7: Bien Doan 60.95%, Van Le 39.05%.
- District 9: Genny Altwer 53.53%, Gordon Chester 46.47%.
- Measure RTM, the regional transit sales tax, which needs a simple majority: 55.33% yes in the county.
Close races elsewhere
- Fremont Union High, Trustee Area 3: Kim 8,309, Lin 8,286.
- Mountain View City Council (three seats): Erik Poicon leads Silja Paymer by 20 votes for second place, up from 12.
- Milpitas mayor: Carmen Montano 8,093, Hon Lien 7,694.
- Santa Clara Unified, Trustee Area 1: Kamal Yassin leads Jim Canova by 107, down from 114.
Our Nov. 12 update has the earlier count.
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, unofficial election results.