Politics & Government

Nov. 6 Election Final Tallies

Some Los Altos races tightened up when the 200,000 vote-by-mail ballots and 35,000 provisional ballots cast across the county were all counted. The tallies will be certified Dec. 4.

 

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters completed its final vote tally of the Nov. 6 election shortly before Thanksgiving, counting the outstanding 200,000 vote-by-mail ballots and verifying about 35,000 provisional ballots cast.

Turnout for the general election was high. Of 817,837 voters in Santa Clara County, nearly 80 percent, or 653,237 came out to vote. In the case of some vote-by-mail precincts, turnout was in the 90 to 100 percent range.

Find out what's happening in Los Altoswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

And while the outcomes of local elections haven't changed, the numbers and the fractions of percentage points tightened up over the 15-day counting period. Because the county has a high number of vote-by-mail ballots, some candidates increased their total vote count by as much as 34 percent. 

We've provided some select races below. An asterisk * indicates an incumbent candidate.

Find out what's happening in Los Altoswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

The figures are described at the "unofficial, semi-final election results," and the site is showing zero mail-in ballots to count and zero provisional ballots to verify. 

The Registrar will certify the election results on Dec. 4.

 

Los Altos School District Candidate (2)

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent change

Steve Taglio*

11,114

38 %

7,400

+1 %

Pablo Luther

9,976

34

6,580

+1

Amanda Aaronson-Burke

6,621

22

4,592

-1

Vladimir Ivanovic (withdrew from race)

1,776

6

 not avail.

0

 

 

Los Altos City Council Candidate (3)

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent change

Jan Pepper

9,288

26.71 %

6,339

+0.17 %

Megan Satterlee*

5,833

16.77

4,123

-0.47

Jeannie Bruins

5,576

16.03

3,742

+0.38

Jon Baer

4,986

14.34

3,494

-0.28

Jerry Sorensen

4,968

14.29

3,384

+0.13

Anabel Pelham

4,123

11.86

2,823

-0.05

 

Santa Clara County Board of Education, Area 1 (1)

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent change

Grace Mah*

50,010

67 %

36,336

0

Dave Cortright

24,905

33

18,094

0

 

El Camino Hospital District (3)

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent Change

John Zoglin*

31,659

24.94 %

20,931

+0.41 %

Julia Miller

27,919

21.99

18,972

-0.24

Dennis Chiu

24,908

19.62

16,655

+0.10

Wesley Alles*

21,764

17.15

14,664

-0.15

Bill James

20,684

16.30

14,115

-0.24

 

Foothill-DeAnza Community College District (3)

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent Change

Laura Casas-Frier*

84,580

34.35 

58,939

 

+0.15

Betsy Bechtel*

69,429

28.20

48,691

-0.05

Joan Barram*

61,858

25.13

43,274

+0.02

Geby Espinosa

30,332

12.32

21,440

-0.12

 

 

Purissima Hills Water District (3)

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent change

Brian Holtz*

1,730

32.39 %

1,297

-0.25 %

Steve Jordan*

1,553

29.08

1,153

+0.07

Ernest Solomon*

1,533

28.70

1,133

+0.19

William Bowden

525

 9.83

391

-0.01

 

 

Measure A – Sales Tax 1/8 percent

Votes

Percent 

Nov. 6 count & percent N/A

Yes

339,358

56.61 

 

No

260,140

43.39

 

 

 

Measure B – SC Valley Water District Tax

Votes

Percent

Nov. 6 count & percent N/A

Yes

434,019

73.69 

 

No

260,140

43.39

 

 

 

Measure M – El Camino Hospital Executive Pay Cap

Votes

Percent

Votes 11/6

Percent change

Yes

35,311

51.55

24,650

 not available

No

33,190

48.45

22,833

 not available



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