Karen Hardy kept her lead in Santa Clara’s mayoral race in the 5 p.m. Wednesday count, though the contest remains too close to call. Hardy has 3,874 votes, 24% of the total. She is 465 votes ahead of Kathy Watanabe, who has 3,409 votes (21%). David Kertes holds third place with 3,104 votes (19%), 305 behind Watanabe.
Kevin Park, Gary Ferraris and Mike Wiltberger follow with 17%, 12% and 7% respectively.
Other races are more settled.
In council District 2, Kimberley Williams appears the likely winner with 1,440 votes (59%) to Yvonne Inciarte’s 1,003 (41%).
Planning Commission Chair Eric Crutchlow leads in District 3 with 1,321 votes (54%) to Kyle Madej’s 1,105 (46%).
Voters approved Santa Clara Measure C, the charter change allowing the city to use alternative construction project methods, with 74% of the vote.
Sunnyvale voters approved all three of the city’s charter changes.
Measure G, allowing the city to use additional project delivery methods, passed with 76%. Measure H, which lets the city manager settle claims against the city under $50,000, passed with 70%. Measure I, requiring that any appointee to a vacant city council seat serve until the next regularly scheduled municipal election, passed with a slightly lower 63%.
In the Santa Clara Unified School District, the Trustee Area 1 race is too close to call. Jim Canova, the incumbent, has 875 votes (51%) to challenge Kamal Yassin’s 841 (49%), a 34-vote difference.
In the Sunnyvale School District, Michelle Maginot leads the Trustee Area 3 race with 1,078 votes (52%) to Rommy Kushner’s 993 (48%).
Incumbent Anne Kepner was reelected to the West Valley-Mission Community College District Trustee Area 3 with 6,422 votes (77%) to Colin Glaves’s 1,925 (23%).
The county still has 324,000 ballots to count.
The Registrar of Voters’ next update will be Thursday by 5 p.m. The Weekly will post updated results on our Facebook page as they come in.
Carolyn Schuk can be reached at carolyn@santaclaraweekly.com.