overflow-x: auto; get over it.. And yah got ..high tech santa clara and calif cant even get ballots counted these days in timely matter ? Can Cindy Chavez catch up in San Jose mayor's race? Outside groups backing Mahan have tossed another $772,525 into the race on his behalf. } It deserves respect, said Angela Inselkammer,president of the state association. Received: 21,193, District 1038% } As someone that lives by Beryessa, I can only guess on a few reasons why. Received means the ballots were filled out by voters and sent back to the Registar. Returns by San Jose council district as of Wednesday night: District 134% Photo by Jana Kadah. Its time for the city to become Silicon valley. .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { $('.collapse').collapse('show'); clearInterval(nTimer); Meanwhile I got maybe 3 calls per week from Cindy Chavez begging me to vote for her going all the way back to February. The entire state of Florida counted over 7,700,000 votes within a few hours after the polls closed, but Shannon Busheys crew will probably still be counting next week with a maximum of 750,000 likely votes to count. } | Oktoberfest fans can finally rejoice. 2023 Fortune Media IP Limited. Hold onto your hats (and pocketbooks) for another two years of a union-leaning Council. line-height: 1.5em; The negativity, mud slinging and lies have to stop. EVERY VOTER receives a ballot, 30 days prior to the election. John Woolfolk is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group, based at The Mercury News. As a businessman, he tried to get the NRA to use his platform to be more effective, and I think that enabling organizations that directly fight fair, logical gun protections for children and our families is worth the public knowing, Chavez said. Meet the new Mayor, same as the old Mayor padding-bottom: 7px; if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { We need Change we can do better than this! } But you all can be held accountable if that happens. margin-bottom: -2px !important; Re: 2022 - Munich Ukranian Refugee info. .votebox-results-metadata-p { In the end, San Jose voters will be left digging attack ads from their mailboxes for another two weeks. I voted for Cindy and really hope she pulls it out. max-width: 75px; When asked if Chavez can catch up, Christensen said theres a possibility.. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { Please provide some kind of medical research to demonstrate your opinion. Walters: Lawmakers eye changing rules governing ballot measures, Brooks: Joe Biden and the struggle for Americas soul, Abortion bans fail in conservative S. Carolina, Nebraska, Elias: Dumb decarceration idea may rear head elsewhere in California, They said it: Nowhere for the water to go, Total dominance: Steph Curry breaks NBA Game 7 record, leads Warriors over Kings. The debate between the San Jose mayoral candidates is more than just business versus labor. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Plus, didnt Newsom say that it is probably gonna officially end in February? $('.hideResponses').show(); .widget-key { if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { We reserve the right to delete comments or ban users who engage in personal attacks, hate speech, excess profanity or make verifiably false statements. Just East Side apathy. Mahan actually has a plan. John Woolfolk is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group, based at The Mercury News. The FM3 poll of 674 likely San Jose voters polled in the last week of July showed Cindy Chavez leading slightly with 38% of the initial vote preference for mayor and Matt Mahan with 37%, with one-fourth of the polled voters undecided. WRONG. Phone calls, texts, emails it was tooooooooooo much. Received: 16,957, District 229% } Outgoing Mayor Sam Liccardo, who endorses Mahan, started a group backing him, while Liccardos close friend and political supporter, former Silicon Valley Leadership Group President Carl Guardino, is behind a group backing Chavez. 02:24. Her and her supporters would send me MMSs (not even just SMS, but actual massive MMS messages) that would cost me nearly $1 a piece to receive on a phone I never gave out to anyone. top: 2px; Only about 170,000 ballots were sent out and Busheys Bumblers cant count them in less than a week, while the entire state of Florida had over 7 MILLION counted within five hours after the polls closed. Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez took the lead in San Jos's mayoral primary Tuesday, easily advancing to the November runoff, where she will face City Councilmember Matt Mahan for the top job in America's 10th-largest city. .expand-all:hover, .collapse-all:hover {cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline;} Get San Jos Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 2, .infobox { Chavez ran for election for Mayor of San Jose in California. max-height: 580px; Outsiders pour millions into San Jose mayor's race School districts | Not only is the festival accompanied by intense media coverage, breweries invite their customers from far and wide to experience the Bavarian way of life and hopefully create lasting memories that transport a love for our beer culture with them when they return home, he toldFortuneon Friday. benefits, and working conditions, so they would . . } left: 0px; SEIU-USWW } Mahans campaign also turned out more voters on Election Day. The results have been certified. Ballots mailed: 46,645 I wanted Cindy to step up but in the end voted for Mahan.She hasnt accomplished anything, Agreed Jose.I was hoping Cindy would step up and accomplish something!In the end I voted for Mahan. Ballots mailed: 62,319 Mailed means they were mailed out by the Registar to all the registered voters. Well me personally, I would just accept that the city will continue to go down hill and grumble all the way. .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { As of election week, there were roughly 356,071 outstanding ballots in San Jose, though its highly unlikely all of them will be returned. But given that will involve Nuclear Weapons, that will do even more PERMANENT DAMAGE. But if you do ANY further research my Risk analysis deals with Infrastructure and Natural Disaster preparedness. Were partnering with you the readers to make it happen. So, her excuse that they ran out of printer ink is bogus. color: white; $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); position: absolute; Interesting, does anyone find the discrepancy between ballots mailed and ballots received a little suspicious? The county mailed 524,698 ballots to registered voters in San Jose and 168,627 were received by Wednesday night, according to PDI, a voter data and campaign software company. Cindy Chavez, Dev Davis, Matt Mahan and Raul Peralez (left to right) are running to become the next mayor of San Jose in the June 2022 primary race. Why does Spotlight not strive for less biased journalism and have editorial pieces that are billed as editorials? She assumed office in 2013. Phone surveys just disturb people at dinnertime. Granted a backlog at the registrars office could cause a little indigestion on the back end. While we dont yet know the outcome of this race, my focus remains on representing my community on the Board of Supervisors.. background-color: #db0000; The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of San Jose on June 7, 2022. width: 250px; Ballots can be mailed in, they are postmarked. Chavez said the real estate group behind the ads resorted to any means necessary, including outright lying, in order to prop up Councilmember Mahan, and speculated it opposes her because she had supported an eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its just the hard reality. With current Mayor Sam Liccardo terming out, voters have two candidates to decide between: Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy. .widget-img { Maybe theres a lesson there. .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} Its major funders include real estate firm Legacy Partners, where Mahans uncle Ed Thrift was an executive. Early vote-by-mail ballots and those cast at polling centers on Election Day have been counted as of Wednesday night, according to the elections office, while last-minute mail-in ballots, those dropped off on Tuesday and provisional ballots are still being counted. .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} .results_row td { .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} How to vote | I tried unsubscribing, finally had to block her emails and texts, but they just kept coming. Asked about his groups support for Chavez, Guardino said he was impressed with her work to help pass affordable housing and transit bonds he pushed. Neighbors for a Diverse Community Supporting Cindy Chavez for Mayor 2022 has raised $75,000from state Assemblyman Evan Low, an Asian and Pacific Islander Leadership group and a nurses union. Van Jones Speaks in Support of Cindy Chavez for Mayor. I am sorry if I am not seeing the connection between these two. Supervisor Chavez was an architect of Measure A, a voter-approved bond that's allocating $950 million to affordable housing -- with 4,400 homes built or in the construction pipeline. border-bottom: 1px solid grey; Her current term ends on January 6, 2025. margin: 0; $('#candidate-connection-twitter-131001').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); Cindy is their go to gal. That gave everyone at least 27 days to fill it out and mail it back. Chavez is a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, an office she's held since 2013, and is campaigning on addressing the city's homelessness and affordable housing crises. Countywide, turnout was only 50% in the 2014 election. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. display: inline-block; San Jose is a majority Hispanic community. } At the end of the day, thats how democracy works. background-color: #003388; }
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} .survey-result {padding:10px;} position: relative; Chavez shaves Mahan lead for San Jose mayor but, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Chavez shaves Mahan lead for San Jose mayor but at lower rate in latest count. } Wont break my heart if she loses. Pitting neighborhoods that return their ballots to other neighborhoods that close not to, continues to divide us. More money more connections and running with the promise of paying SJPD more. .non_result_row { We know who should be mayor. Matt will win because he was able to galvanize a large and diverse group of volunteers in addition to his young, but energetic and talented campaign team. She told San Jos Spotlight late Wednesday shes waiting for every ballot to be tallied. } Unfortunately, this kind of message is designed to establish another STEAL THE VOTE argument, and it WILL create violence as a result because listeners do not have the self control to stop themselves. The trajectory is looking good, but there are still about half of the votes to be counted.. background-color: #f9d334; Second, people do not want a Nury Martinez situation in San Jose. display: block; In fact FAKE reports of votes being intentionally dropped in Santa Cruz has turned out to be VERY inaccurate. top: 0px; Mahan, a first-term councilman representing the citys southwest District 10, has raised nearly $1.6 million so far for his campaign, a little more than the $1.4 million that Chavez, who served as a downtown district councilwoman and vice mayor from 1999-2006, has collected. Citizens for Cindy Chavez Mayor 2022, formed by the 49ers and its ownership, has raised $763,464. The only other thing I would assume would be that people just didnt know anything about the elections, and instead of researching just left it to the ones who do vote. Elections 2022 width: 57%; } It was a spirited campaign, and its critically important that every vote is counted, Chavez said. Well still be paying those down for the next 10 years. font-weight: bold; $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { Visible signs for every candidate. p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} You cannot measure the importance of Munichs Oktoberfest in hectoliters, it goes far beyond the sheer volume of beer sold, said Lothar Ebbertz, managing director of the Bayerische Brauerbund that represents the states breweries. font-weight: bold; In Arizona, the democrat Secretary of State, whos in charge of vote counting, was running for Governor. FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. } Hahahah. .race_header.republican { They even created a non-profit for her to run so she could have a paycheck Working Partners USA. .inner_percentage.Green { The trade unions are where Cindy spent her 8 years between government jobs. Every Child in San Jos Now Has Access to Health Insurance Cindy pushed for the Children's Health Initiative so every child in San Jose has health insurance. He also has worked as an editor since 2013. What is going to happen if Cindy pulls it off, are the people here going to use the steal the vote campaign again? width: 90%; Biography | Cindy Chavez for Mayor How funny! I chuckled on the last part. margin-right: 10px; In other words, a double vote should be practically impossible. The lowest ballot returns so far are in East San Jose districts, which have higher concentrations of minorities and people of color. margin-top: 0px; .outer_percentage { I remember the poor woman being accosted at her home for just doing her job. overflow-x: scroll; .race_header.libertarian { .widget-row.value-only.black { Rowan received her master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. If you polled on familiarity with the candidates Chavez voters know her whereas Mahan is unknown to many of his supporters. But Mahan still leads by a substantial 3,631 votes thanks to a strong showing more than 60 percent among election-day voters. border: 1px solid #999; top: -5px; These people are not counted in employment rates. padding-left: 16px; background-color: #dac113; color: #6db24f; But now you are talking about economics and world wars. So we can get rid of him in 2 years!! padding-left: 10px; San. Private school educated(Bellarmine college prep) , went to Harvard, seems passionate about systemic changes that San Jose desperately needs. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); With 90% of ballots counted by Tuesday afternoon, San Jose mayoral candidate Matt Mahan now leads opponent Cindy Chavez by 6,351 votes. .widget-row.value-only { position: absolute; Mahan thanked his supporters on social media Thursday morning. } How they will be influenced is another question. And unlike the 2014 race, which was split down San Joses ideological business-versus-labor lines, Chavez plucked support from the business community despite her significant labor ties. Chavez ran for election for Mayor of San Jose in California. Rahul Chandhok, the 49ers communications chief who heads the Citizens for Cindy Chavez committee, said in a statement in April that the team was impressed by the supervisors exemplary leadership during the pandemic, calling her instrumental in launching Californias largest vaccination site at Levis Stadium last year. Chandhok said in an emailthe 49ers werent paid for their stadiums use for vaccinations but declined to elaborate further on the earlier statement. As the two politicians square off for the Nov. 8 election that will decide who leads the Bay Areas largest city, moneyed interests are waging a shadow campaign alongside Chavez and Mahan through independent political committees, which arent held to spending limits like the candidates, and produce some of the most bitingly negative attacks. div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } $('.collapse').collapse('show'); } Ballots mailed: 56,491 Asked about the 49ers substantial support for her, Chavez said she would not have run again had I not had a broad section of the community supporting me., She added: Ive been in public office for a long time, and youd be hard-pressed to find that my decisions have been impacted by outside resources Ive received., Mahan has said his campaign is much more grassroots and that the majority of special interest money has gone in for my opponent. He said interests like the 49ers dont invest over $700,000 in a politician like Chavez without expecting something in return. Regarding those backing him, he added that the system is broken if I had my way thered be no outside spending, but ultimately, thats a Supreme Court decision.. } All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan Headed to Runoff in San Jos - KQED South Bay Labor Council, Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club .widget-row.Democratic { .non_result_row th { Mahan brings real hope for this city. With a few tiny homes and motel conversions tossed in to make themselves feel better. Mudslinging is telling lies about another, and has been the specialty of the South Bay Labor Council since Cindy was its executive director. It is this close because Chavez is a damaged candidate who cannot compete against a newbie. .results_table_container { All Rights Reserved. } But with low voter turnout in San Joses east side, that may not be enough. In Santa Clara, Anthony Becker, who was supported by the San Francisco 49ers, continues to trail Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has sharply criticized the teams management of Levis Stadium. Execpt for ca newsome .. called that quick . State and local courts | Eventually Cindy and her team just drove me away. .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} Janet Gray Hayes won in 1974 by only 1,678 votes and Susan Hammer won in 1990 by only 1,383 votes. We will see if denying Chavez yet again wil not come back to bite us. } Earlier this month, the 49ers and the DeBartolo Corporation, which owns the football team that plays at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, created the Citizens for Cindy Chavez, Mayor 2022. Ballotpedia features 408,492 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. My number was way off. background-color: red; Ballots mailed: 49,173 div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } She is, in my view, famous for extending the silly season into a 24/7 365 career woke tout. Received: 12,030, District 831% margin-bottom: 0px; The amount of Stop claiming a disparity. display: block; overflow-y: auto; The number 1 reason is that a good amount of people here gave up on the city solving their problems. .race_header { } You keep acting like negative comments will absolutely be connected to violence. Its stunning to think free speech is a reason to make someone a villian. Long time political hack and shill for Big Labour. .results_text { Maybe because its also true though.. she hasnt really done anything in the last 20 years of public service or for public interest. Walters: Lawmakers eye changing rules governing ballot measures, Brooks: Joe Biden and the struggle for Americas soul, Abortion bans fail in conservative S. Carolina, Nebraska, Elias: Dumb decarceration idea may rear head elsewhere in California, U.S. Supreme Courts 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision, 2006 scandal that consumed former Mayor Ron Gonzales in his final year, Harriette Cole: My friend's mom didn't recognize me at my job, and she was very rude. Liccardo endorsed Mahan for mayor in August, tweeting that "Matt is the common-sense Democrat we need to ensure that our government works as hard as our San Jose families.". Our electeds seem perfectly content to leave them outside when the fairgrounds should have been used years ago for housing them. width: 250px; WINNER. margin-bottom: 4px; $('.showResponses').show(); County officials say its difficult to pinpoint how many votes may come in for the San Jose mayors race between Chavez, a county supervisor, and Mahan, a San Jose councilmember. } The margin is truly razor thin, and unfortunately the rules are if one person gets one more vote than the other guy, they win. } By their behavior, its not. Comments are moderated and approved by administrators. .hideResponses { display: none;} With that logic, youre as accountable as anyone for putting the idea out there. Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers' Association, Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), SAN JOSE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION There were no incumbents in this race. The world-famous annual festival will be held for the 187th timeand the first since the COVID pandemic. } Chavez follows closely behind having raised $557,679. Paraphrasing one line from the article, Those [East SJ] voters are more likely to cast ballots for more progressive candidates like Chavez. An audit of the homeless-industrial complex is coming soon to San Jose. Spending to support two San Jose mayoral candidates has reached a new height this primary election--as $1.1 million has gone toward supporting Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez.