Local election in California
2016 San Jose City Council election ← 2014
June 7 (primary)
San Jose City Council
The2016 San Jose City Council election took place on June 7, 2016, to elect five of the ten seats of theSan Jose City Council , with runoff elections taking place on November 8, 2016.[ 1] [ 2] California are officially nonpartisan.[ 3] [ 4]
IncumbentAsh Kalra was elected to the 2nd district in2008 and2012 . He was ineligible for reelection.
Sergio Jimenez
Labor unions Organizations Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley(runoff election) [ 5] [ 13] Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)[ 5] Evolve California[ 5] League of Conservation Voters of Santa Clara County[ 5] Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte[ 5] Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters(dual endorsement) [ 14] Sierra Club Loma Prieta[ 5] [ 15] Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club[ 5] Silicon Valley Democratic Club[ 5] Silicon Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce[ 5] Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum[ 5] Silicon Valley Young Democrats[ 5] South County Democratic Club[ 5] Individuals Political party organizations Newspapers Eli Portales
Organizations Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley(primary election) [ 13] Silicon Valley Young Democrats(dual endorsement) [ 16] Steve Brown
Organizations Political party organizations Individuals 2016 San Jose City Council 2nd district election Primary election Candidate Votes % Sergio Jimenez 5,953 32.9 Steve Brown 5,790 32.0 Joe Lopez 4,136 22.8 Eli Portales 2,238 12.4 Total votes 18,117 100.0 General election Sergio Jimenez 17,629 55.0 Steve Brown 14,441 45.0 Total votes 32,070 100.0
Kansen Chu was initially elected to the 4th district in a special election runoff in 2007,[ 21] [ 22] 2008 and2012 . Chu resigned his City Council seat in 2014 before the end of his term after winning a seat in theState Assembly in the November 2014 general election. Manh Nguyen won the special election runoff in June 2015 for the remainder of Chu's term.[ 23]
Manh Nguyen
Labor unions International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 3 California[ 7] UA Local 393[ 12] Individuals Lan Diep
Political party organizations California Republican Assembly[ 25] 2016 San Jose City Council 4th district election Primary election Candidate Votes % Lan Diep 8,689 50.1 Manh Nguyen (incumbent ) 8,661 49.9 Total votes 17,350 100.0
IncumbentPierluigi Oliverio was initially elected to the 6th district in a special election primary in 2007,[ 21] 2008 and2012 . He was ineligible for reelection.
Helen K. Chapman
Labor unions Organizations Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley[ 13] [ 26] Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)[ 26] Evolve California[ 26] Planned Parenthood Mar Monte[ 26] Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters[ 26] Sierra Club Loma Prieta[ 15] [ 26] Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club[ 26] Silicon Valley Democratic Club[ 26] Silicon Valley Latino Democratic Forum[ 26] Silicon Valley Young Democrats[ 26] Political party organizations Individuals Peter Allen
Political party organizations Silicon Valley Young Democrats(dual endorsement) [ 16] Dev Davis
Organizations Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[ 27] The Lincoln Club of Northern California[ 19] San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce PAC[ 27] Santa Clara County Association of Realtors[ 20] [ 27] Silicon Valley Chinese Association[ 27] Individuals Political party organizations 2016 San Jose City Council 6th district election Primary election Candidate Votes % Dev Davis 4,801 20.5 Helen K. Chapman 4,715 20.2 Norm Kline 3,852 16.5 Ruben Navarro 2,314 9.9 Peter Allen 2,241 9.6 Erik Nicholas Fong 2,086 8.9 Chris Roth 1,855 7.9 Myron Von Raesfeld 1,507 6.4 Total votes 23,371 100.0 General election Dev Davis 20,360 53.8 Helen K. Chapman 17,450 46.2 Total votes 37,810 100.0
Incumbent Rose Herrera was elected to the 8th district in2008 and2012 . He was ineligible for reelection.
Sylvia Arenas
Labor unions Organizations Individuals Josh Barousse
Labor unions IFPTE Local 21[ 6] International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 3 California[ 7] UA Local 393[ 12] Organizations Dean Democratic Club of Silicon Valley[ 13] Santa Clara County League of Conservation Voters[ 14] Sierra Club Loma Prieta[ 15] Political party organizations Silicon Valley Young Democrats[ 16] Jimmy Nguyen
Organizations California Apartment Association Tri County Division[ 29] Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[ 29] San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce[ 29] Santa Clara County Association of Realtors[ 20] [ 29] Political party organizations Individuals Pat Waite
Political party organizations California Republican Assembly[ 25] 2016 San Jose City Council 8th district election Primary election Candidate Votes % Sylvia Arenas 4,951 23.8 Jimmy Nguyen 4,758 22.9 Denise Belisle 4,269 20.5 Pat Waite 3,435 16.5 Josh Barousse 3,390 16.3 Total votes 20,803 100.0 General election Sylvia Arenas 17,258 50.1 Jimmy Nguyen 17,161 49.9 Total votes 34,419 100.0
IncumbentJohnny Khamis was elected to the 10th district in2012 in the runoff with 52.6% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
Johnny Khamis
Individuals Political party organizations California Republican Assembly[ 25] 2016 San Jose City Council 10th district election Primary election Candidate Votes % Johnny Khamis (incumbent )15,983 76.1 J. Michael Sodergren 5,026 23.9 Total votes 21,009 100.0
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