Nov. 6 Election Final Tallies

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters completed its final vote tally of the Nov. 6 election shortly before Thanksgiving, counting the outstanding 200,000 vote-by-mail ballots and verifying about 35,000 provisional ballots cast.

Turnout for the general election was high. Of 817,837 voters in Santa Clara County, nearly 80 percent, or 653,237 came out to vote. In the case of some vote-by-mail precincts, turnout was in the 90 to 100 percent range.

And while the outcomes of local elections haven't changed, the numbers and the fractions of percentage points tightened up over the 15-day counting period. Because the county has a high number of vote-by-mail ballots, some candidates increased their total vote count by as much as 34 percent. 

We've provided some select races below. An asterisk * indicates an incumbent candidate.

The figures are described at the "unofficial, semi-final election results," and the site is showing zero mail-in ballots to count and zero provisional ballots to verify. 

The Registrar will certify the election results on Dec. 4.

Mountain View Whisman School District (3)
Votes Percent Christopher Chiang 11,114 26.59% Peter Darrah
 7,581 18.13% Bill Lambert
 8,289 19.83% Jim Pollart
 4,726 11.30% Steven Nelson 10,095 24.15%

 

Mountain View City Council (4) Votes Percent John Inks* 12,200 18.88% Margaret Capriles 10,685 16.53% Chris Clark 11,854 18.34% Michael Kasperzak* 12,163 18.82% John McAlister 11,806 18.27% Jim Neal   5,919   9.16%

 

Los Altos School District Candidate (2)

Votes

Percent

Steve Taglio*

11,114

 38%

Pablo Luther

 9,976

 34%

Amanda Aaronson-Burke

 6,621

 22%

Vladimir Ivanovic (withdrew from race)

 1,776

  6%

 

 

Santa Clara County Board of Education, Area 1 (1)

Votes

Percent

Grace Mah*

50,010

  67%

Dave Cortright

24,905

  33%

 

El Camino Hospital District (3)

Votes

  Percent

John Zoglin*

31,659

  24.94%

Julia Miller

27,919

  21.99%

Dennis Chiu

24,908

  19.62%

Wesley Alles*

21,764

  17.15%

Bill James

20,684

  16.30%

 

Foothill-DeAnza Community College District (3)

Votes

Percent

Laura Casas-Frier*

84,580

 34.35%

Betsy Bechtel*

69,429

 28.20%

Joan Barram*

61,858

 25.13%

Geby Espinosa

30,332

 12.32%

 

Santa Clara Valley Water District (3)

Votes

Percent

Nai Hsueh

38,714

51.24%

Patrick S. Kwok

27,812

36.81%

Mary Amanda McChesney

9,030

11.95%

 

Measure A – Sales Tax 1/8 percent

Votes

Percent 

Yes

339,358

 56.61%

No

260,140

 43.39%

 

Measure B – SC Valley Water District Tax

Votes

Percent

Yes

434,019

 73.69%

No

260,140

 43.39%

 

Measure M – El Camino Hospital Executive Pay Cap

Votes

Percent

Yes

35,311

 51.55%

No

33,190

 48.45%

 

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