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The 2006 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 6 and November 7, 2006 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the election of Chuck Reed.
Incumbent mayor Ron Gonzales was term limited.
Because no candidate managed to receive a majority of the vote in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held between the first round's top-two finishers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chuck Reed | 36,401 | 28.79 | |
Democratic | Cindy Chavez | 29,295 | 23.17 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | David Pandori | 22,581 | 17.86 | |
Democratic | David Cortese | 20,691 | 16.37 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | Michael Mulcahy | 13,580 | 10.74 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | John Candeias | 1,100 | 0.87 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | Timmothy K. Fitzgerald | 1,032 | 0.82 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | Michael C Macarelli | 654 | 0.52 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | Larry Flores | 653 | 0.52 | |
Nonpartisan candidate | Jose Aurelio Hernandez | 441 | 0.35 | |
Total votes | 126,428 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chuck Reed | 117,394 | 59.26 | |
Democratic | Cindy Chavez | 80,720 | 40.74 | |
Total votes | 198,114 |
Ronald R. Gonzales is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California. Gonzales was the first Hispanic to serve as Mayor of San Jose since 1845.
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The 2014 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3, 2014 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. Councilmember Sam Liccardo defeated Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese in a runoff on November 4, 2014.
The 1982 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 8, 1982 to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. Tom McEnery was elected. Because McEnrery won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election needed to be held.
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The 1998 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 2 and November 3, 1998 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the election of Ron Gonzales.
The 1994 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 7, 1994 to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the reelection of Susan Hammer. Because Hammer won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election needed to be held.
The 2022 San Jose mayoral election was held on November 8, 2022 to elect the next mayor of San Jose for a two-year term. A top-two primary was held on June 7, 2022, and no candidate received more than 50% in this primary election. Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan advanced to a November 8 runoff election. On November 16, Cindy Chavez conceded the race to Matt Mahan.
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The 1986 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3, 1986 to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the reelection of Tom McEnery. Because McEnrery won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election needed to be held.
The 1978 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw an initial election held on June 6, 1978, followed by a runoff election on November 7, 1978 after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by incumbent mayor Janet Gray Hayes.
The 1974 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw an initial election held on June 4, 1974, followed by a runoff election on November 5, 1974 after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by Janet Gray Hayes, who became the first female mayor of the city, making San Jose the first United States city of more than 500,000 residents to elect a female mayor.
The 2022 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect two of the five seats on the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County, California. District 1 was an open seat due to the terming out of Supervisor Mike Wasserman. The race was highly competitive and the first since the 2020 United States redistricting cycle which changed the boundaries of the district. Since District 4 was uncontested, incumbent Supervisor Susan Ellenberg did not appear on the November 8th ballot.