Santa Clara County Local News: Elections & Politics

Ramona Giwargis, co-founder and CEO of San Jose Spotlight, traveled to Miami last week to participate in the Knight Media Forum, and brought back  an inspiring report.

The eventual winner of that race between Joe Simitian and Evan Low will be decided by how many of the 1,880 voters who mailed in unsigned ballots show up in the next two weeks to sign their ballots.

Former Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has lost her appeal of a court case that barred her from public office in 2022.

Days after polls closed on March 5, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo widened his lead over Santa Clara County supervisor Joe Simitian in the 16th Congressional District, as Simitian maintained his margin over state Assemblymember Evan Low.

As expected, Mayor Matt Mahan easily won re-election, avoiding a November runoff with 87.8% of the vote, as ballot counting continued through Thursday.

Incumbent members of Congress, Ro Khanna, Zoe Lofgren, Jimmy Panetta, win easily in a preview of the November vote.

While Proposition 1 is too close to call statewide, Santa Clara County voters are broadly in favor of the measure.
In Santa Clara County, roughly 55.22% of voters have approved it, according to the most recent election results.

Longtime U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren cruised to a commanding lead as ballots were counted for the March 5 primary election.

A multimillion-dollar bond measure to support Sunnyvale elementary schools is poised to pass.
Measure C would give the Sunnyvale School District a $214 million bond over the next 34 years for facilities improvements, and early election results show voters approving the measure by 66.39%. It has met the 55% threshold for passage.