2024 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors election
Local election in California
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The 2024 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors election were held on March 5, 2024, to elect two of the five seats of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, with runoffs held 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] The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is the governing body for Santa Clara County. Each supervisor is elected to a 4-year term, with each supervisor capped at 3 consecutive terms in office.[4]
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March 5 (primary)
November 5 (runoff) | |
3 of the 5 seats of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors | |
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District 2
Incumbent Cindy Chavez was initially elected to the 2nd district in a 2013 special election runoff, and subsequently elected in 2016 and 2020. She was ineligible to run for reelection.
Endorsements
Betty Duong
- Organizations
- Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC)[5]
- County Employees Management Association[6]
- Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley[7]
- Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)[citation needed]
- East Valley Democratic Club[8]
- Elect Good People[9]
- Housing Action Coalition (HAC)[10]
- Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte[11]
- Progressive Vietnamese American Organization[12]
- Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters[13]
- Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club[14]
- Silicon Valley Young Democrats[15]
- South Bay Progressive Alliance[16]
- Individuals
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council[18]
- IFPTE Local 21[19]
- San Jose Police Officers' Association[20]
- SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents[21]
- SEIU Local 2015[22]
- SEIU Local 521[23]
- Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104[24]
- Teamsters Joint Council 7[25]
- Political party organizations
- Santa Clara County Democratic Party[26]
- Working Families Party[27]
Madison Nguyen
- Individuals
- Matt Mahan, current mayor of San Jose[28]
- Chuck Reed, former mayor of San Jose[28]
- Ron Gonzales, former mayor of San Jose[28]
- Don Gage, former mayor of Gilroy and former supervisor of Santa Clara County[29]
- Organizations
- Democrats at San Jose State[30]
- Gun Sense Voter[31]
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Betty Duong | 14,031 | 31.8 | |
| Madison Nguyen | 12,794 | 29.0 | |
| Corina Herrera-Loera | 10,519 | 23.9 | |
| Nelson McElmurry | 4,321 | 9.8 | |
| Jennifer Margaret Celaya | 2,394 | 5.4 | |
| Total votes | 44,059 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Betty Duong | 52,584 | 53.4 | |
| Madison Nguyen | 45,894 | 46.6 | |
| Total votes | 98,481 | 100.0 | |
District 3
Incumbent Otto Lee was elected to the 3rd district in 2020 in a runoff with 60.5% of the vote. He was eligible to run for reelection.
Endorsements
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Otto Lee (incumbent) | 42,549 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 42,549 | 100.0 | |
District 5
Incumbent Joe Simitian was elected to the 5th district in 2012, 2016, and 2020. He was ineligible for reelection.
Endorsements
Margaret Abe-Koga
- Organizations
- 350 Bay Area Action[33]
- California Apartment Association[34]
- County Employees Management Association[6]
- Cupertino for All[35]
- Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (dual endorsement)[citation needed]
- Democrats at San Jose State[30]
- Fund Her[36]
- Gun Sense Voter (dual endorsement)[31]
- Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters[13]
- Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club[14]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council (dual endorsement)[18]
- IFPTE Local 21[19]
- San Jose Police Officers' Association[20]
- SEIU Local 2015[22]
- SEIU Local 521 (dual endorsement)[23]
- Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104[24]
- Teamsters Joint Council 7[25]
- Political party organizations
- Santa Clara County Democratic Party (dual endorsement)[26]
- Individuals
- Susan Ellenberg, supervisor of Santa Clara County[37]
Sally Lieber
- Organizations
- California Democratic Renters' Council[38]
- California Women's List[39]
- Courage California[40]
- Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley[41]
- Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (dual endorsement)[citation needed]
- Gun Sense Voter (dual endorsement)[31]
- South Bay Progressive Alliance[16]
- South Bay YIMBY[42]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council (dual endorsement)[18]
- SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents[21]
- SEIU Local 521 (dual endorsement)[23]
- Political party organizations
- Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America[43]
- Central City Democrats[44]
- Santa Clara County Democratic Party (dual endorsement)[26]
- Working Families Party[27]
- Individuals
- Domingo Candelas, member of the San Jose City Council[45]
- Peter Ortiz, member of the San Jose City Council[45]
- Lenny Siegel, former Mountain View mayor[45]
- Tony Thurmond, the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction[45]
Peter C. Fung
- Organizations
- The Lincoln Club of Northern California[46]
Results
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Margaret Abe-Koga | 37,172 | 41.9 | |
| Sally Lieber | 21,962 | 24.8 | |
| Peter C. Fung | 17,892 | 20.2 | |
| Barry Chang | 6,164 | 6.9 | |
| Sandy Sans | 5,522 | 6.2 | |
| Total votes | 88,712 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Margaret Abe-Koga | 82,490 | 57.1 | |
| Sally Lieber | 61,937 | 42.9 | |
| Total votes | 144,427 | 100.0 | |