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 Hsueh38,714
51.24%
Patrick S. Kwok27,812
36.81%
Mary Amanda McChesney9,030
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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