More votes have been counted, but the picture hasn’t changed.
Karen Hardy continues to be the leader in the Santa Clara mayor’s race as of Sunday night, although the contest is still too close to call.
Hardy leads the mayor’s race by 450 votes for a total of 5,559 votes or 22.90%. This puts her ahead of second-place Kathy Watanabe. Watanabe has a total of 5,109 votes (21.04%). David Kertes remains in third place with 4,730 votes (19.48%).
Kevin Park, Gary Ferraris and Mike Wiltberger continue to trail with 18%, 11% and 7%, respectively.
In Santa Clara City Council District 2, Kimberley Williams appears to be the likely winner in District 2 with 1,997 votes (56.96%) to Yvonne Inciarte’s 1,501 (42.81%).
Planning Commission Chair Eric Crutchlow maintains his lead in District 3 with 1,935 votes (55.16%) to Kyle Madej’s 1,571 (44.78%).
In the Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Area 1, the race is still close to call. Jim Canova, the incumbent, leads his opponent Kamal Yassin by only 16 votes: 1,257 (50.22%) to 1,241 (49.58%).
In the Sunnyvale School District, Rommy Kushner took a very narrow lead in the Trustee Area 3 race with 1,579 votes (50.05%) to Michelle Maginot’s 1,571 (49.79%).
In terms of decided races:
- Anne Kepner beat Colin Lee Elliott Glaves for the West Valley-Mission CCD Trustee Area 3 seat with 76.89% of the vote.
- Susan Oster Fish appears to have beaten Doug Robb for the West Valley-Mission CCD Trustee Area 7 seat with 54.25% of the vote.
- The Regional Transit Measure appears to have passed with 54.42% of the vote.
- Santa Clara’s Measure C, the Public Works Charter Amendment, passed with 74.84% of the vote.
- Sunnyvale’s Measure G, the Public Works Contracts Charter Amendment, passed with 77.34% of the vote.
- Sunnyvale’s Measure H, a charter amendment that gives the city manager settlement authority, passed with 71.19% of the vote.
- Sunnyvale’s Measure I, a charter amendment dealing with how the city uses elections to fill city council vacancies, passed with 62.82% of the vote.
According to the Registrar of Voters’ website, approximately 186,550 ballots in Santa Clara County still need to be counted.
The Registrar of Voters’ next update will be on Monday around 5 p.m. The Weekly will continue to post updated results on our Facebook page as they come in.
Carolyn Schuk can be reached at carolyn@santaclaraweekly.com.