Election update: Ortiz, Doan and Altwer still lead San Jose council races as county count passes 525,000 ballots
Kamal Yassin pulls ahead in a Santa Clara Unified board race, and Mountain View’s second council seat is down to 5 votes.
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 Monday, Nov. 9. The county has now counted 525,576 ballots, 49,169 more than in its Nov. 8 update.
That puts countywide turnout so far at 48.63% 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 53.35%, Nora Campos 46.55%.
- District 7: Bien Doan 61.21%, Van Le 38.65%.
- District 9: Genny Altwer 53.65%, Gordon Chester 46.23%.
- Measure RTM, the regional transit tax: 54.66% yes in the county, up from 54.42%.
Close races elsewhere
- Santa Clara Unified, Trustee Area 1: Kamal Yassin moved ahead of Jim Canova and leads by 54 votes, 1,416 to 1,362.
- Mountain View City Council (three seats): Erik Poicon leads Silja Paymer by 5 votes for second place. Robert Cox, in fourth, trails Paymer by 271 votes.
- Milpitas mayor: Carmen Montano leads Hon Lien by 237 votes, up from 116.
- Fremont Union High, Trustee Area 3: Jason Lin leads Rosa Kim by 124 votes, up from 1.
The county’s results page lists every other contest.
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, unofficial election results.