Election update: Rosa Kim's Fremont Union High lead edges up to 27 votes as county count reaches 624,554 ballots
Friday afternoon's update adds 3,006 ballots. San Jose's three council leaders hold, and Measure RTM sits at 55.36% yes.
Rosa Kim now leads Jason Lin by 27 votes in Fremont Union High School District's Trustee Area 3, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters' latest unofficial results show. Her lead was 23 Friday morning. The update, posted Friday, Nov. 13, at 3:28 p.m., adds 3,006 ballots, for 624,554 counted.
That is 57.79% of the county's 1,080,711 registered voters. Results are not final, and leads can still change.
San Jose
- District 5: Peter Ortiz 52.94%, Nora Campos 47.06%.
- District 7: Bien Doan 60.93%, Van Le 39.07%.
- District 9: Genny Altwer 53.53%, Gordon Chester 46.47%.
- Measure RTM, the regional transit sales tax, which needs a simple majority: 55.36% yes in the county.
Close races elsewhere
- Fremont Union High, Trustee Area 3: Kim 8,343, Lin 8,316.
- Mountain View City Council (three seats): Erik Poicon leads Silja Paymer by 29 votes for second place, up from 20.
- Milpitas mayor: Carmen Montano 8,116, Hon Lien 7,716.
- Santa Clara Unified, Trustee Area 1: Kamal Yassin leads Jim Canova by 112, up from 107.
Our Friday morning update has the earlier count.
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, unofficial election results.