2024 San Jose City Council election
Local election in California
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The 2024 San Jose City Council election took place on March 5, 2024, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place on November 5, 2024.[1][2] Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan.[3] Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office.[4]
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March 5 (primary)
November 5 (runoff) | |
5 of 10 seats on San Jose City Council | |
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District 2
Incumbent Sergio Jimenez was elected to the 2nd district in 2016 and 2020. He was term-limited and ineligible to run again.
Endorsements
- Political party organizations
- Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley[5]
- Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (runoff election)[6][7]
- Democratic Municipal Officials[8]
- Democrats at San Jose State[9]
- Santa Clara County Democratic Party[10]
- Silicon Valley Young Democrats[11]
- California Young Democrats[12]
- Working Families Party[13]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council[14]
- California Nurses Association[15]
- IFPTE Local 21[16]
- National Nurses United[17]
- Organizations
- Fund Her[18]
- Gun Sense Voter[19]
- Housing Action Coalition (HAC) (runoff election)[20]
- Latinas Lead CA[21]
- Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte[22]
- Run for Something[23]
- Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters[24]
- South Bay Progressive Alliance[25][26]
- South Bay YIMBY (runoff election)[27]
Results
| Primary election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Joe Lopez | 4,950 | 35.0 | |
| Pamela Campos | 3,436 | 24.3 | |
| Babu Prasad | 3,026 | 21.4 | |
| Vanessa Sandoval | 2,719 | 19.4 | |
| Total votes | 14,131 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Pamela Campos | 16,883 | 54.0 | |
| Joe Lopez | 14,362 | 46.0 | |
| Total votes | 31,245 | 100.0 | |
District 4
Incumbent David Cohen was elected to the 4th district in 2020 in a runoff with 51.3% of the vote. He ran for reelection.
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee[38]
- Silicon Valley Biz PAC[29]
- South Bay YIMBY[39]
- Housing Action Coalition (HAC)[40]
- East Valley Democratic Club[41]
- Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (dual endorsement)[7]
- Labor unions
- SEIU UHW[36]
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council (dual endorsement)[42]
- Newspapers
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council (dual endorsement)[42]
- Sheet Metal Workers' Local 104[37]
- Organizations
Results
| Primary election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| David Cohen (incumbent) | 8,391 | 58.6 | |
| Kansen Chu | 5,931 | 41.4 | |
| Total votes | 14,322 | 100.0 | |
District 6
Incumbent Dev Davis was elected to the 6th district in 2016 and 2020. She was term-limited and ineligible to run again.
Endorsements
- Political party organizations
- Democrats at San Jose State[9]
- Organizations
- Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee[38]
- Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[28]
- Gun Sense Voter[19]
- Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters[24]
- Silicon Valley Biz PAC[29]
- Newspapers
- Labor unions
- San Jose Police Officers' Association[30]
- Labor unions
- Teamsters Joint Council 7 (dual endorsement)[35]
- Sheet Metal Workers' Local 104[37]
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council (primary election)[42]
- Organizations
- South Bay Progressive Alliance[26]
Results
| Primary election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Michael Mulcahy | 8,695 | 39.3 | |
| Olivia Navarro | 6,913 | 31.2 | |
| Alex Shoor | 3,850 | 17.4 | |
| Angelo 'AJ' Pasciuti | 2,688 | 12.1 | |
| Total votes | 22,146 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Michael Mulcahy | 19,629 | 51.3 | |
| Olivia Navarro | 18,632 | 48.7 | |
| Total votes | 38,261 | 100.0 | |
District 8
Sylvia Arenas was elected to the 8th district in 2016 and 2020. She subsequently left the seat early following her election to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 2022. Domingo Candelas was appointed to the seat in January 2023 for the remainder of Arenas' term.[45]
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[28]
- Political party organizations
- Democrats at San Jose State[9]
- Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)[6][7]
- Santa Clara County Democratic Party[10]
- Silicon Valley Young Democrats[11]
- California Young Democrats[12]
- Organizations
- Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee[38]
- Housing Action Coalition (HAC)[20][40]
- Justice Opportunity Liberty Politico (JOLPOL)[46]
- Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte[22]
- Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club[47]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council[42]
- IFPTE Local 21[16]
- San Jose Police Officers' Association[30]
- SEIU UHW[36]
- Sheet Metal Workers' Local 104[37]
- Teamsters Joint Council 7[35]
Individuals
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Domingo Candelas (incumbent) | 8,466 | 39.4 | |
| Tam Truong | 6,982 | 32.5 | |
| Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal | 5,513 | 25.7 | |
| Surinder Kaur Dhaliwal | 501 | 2.3 | |
| Total votes | 21,462 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Domingo Candelas (incumbent) | 23,363 | 57.3 | |
| Tam Truong | 17,432 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 40,795 | 100.0 | |
District 10
Matt Mahan was elected to the 8th district in 2020 in the primary with 58.5% of the vote. He left the 10th district seat early after his election to San Jose mayor in the 2022 election. Arjun Batra was appointed to the seat in January 2023 for the remainder of Mahan's term.[49]
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[28]
- Gun Sense Voter[19]
- Silicon Valley Biz PAC (dual endorsement)[29]
- Labor unions
- San Jose Police Officers' Association (dual endorsement)[30]
- Political party organizations
- Democrats at San Jose State[9]
- Individuals
- Matt Mahan[50]
- Jeff Rosen[50]
- Larry Stone[50]
- Johnny Khamis[50]
Results
| Primary election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| George Casey | 8,805 | 38.6 | |
| Arjun Bata (incumbent) | 8,354 | 36.6 | |
| Lenka Wright | 5,640 | 24.7 | |
| Total votes | 22,799 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| George Casey | 23,977 | 57.8 | |
| Arjun Bata (incumbent) | 17,507 | 42.2 | |
| Total votes | 41,484 | 100.0 | |