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2022 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors election

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2022 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors election

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2 of the 5 seats of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

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.[1] The race was highly competitive and the first since the 2020 United States redistricting cycle which changed the boundaries of the district.[2] Since District 4 was uncontested, incumbent Supervisor Susan Ellenberg did not appear on the November 8th ballot.

Background

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Santa Clara County is the 18th largest county in the United States and the 6th largest in the state of California. All local elections in California are officially nonpartisan and use a top-two primary system; if no candidate receives a majority of the June 7, 2022 vote, a runoff was held between the top two candidates on November 8, 2022. In the redistricting process, the district lines were changed during a contentious process in which one of the candidates, Johnny Khamis, threatened to sue for alleged gerrymandering.

District 1

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Candidates

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Advanced to general

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Claudia Rossi, registered nurse and member of the Santa Clara County Board of Education
  • Rich Constantine, Mayor of Morgan Hill
  • Denelle Fedor, nonprofit case manager and former political staffer[3]

Results

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2022 Santa Clara County 1st supervisorial district election[4]
Primary election
Candidate Votes %
Sylvia Arenas 20,262 28.62
Johnny Khamis 18,800 26.56
Claudia Rossi 13,824 19.53
Rich Constantine 13,742 19.41
Denelle Fedor 4,157 5.87
Total votes 70,785 100.00
General election
Sylvia Arenas 59,526 54.45
Johnny Khamis 49,800 45.55
Total votes 109,326 100.00

District 4

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Candidate

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  • Susan Ellenberg, incumbent supervisor

Results

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2022 Santa Clara County 4th supervisorial district election[5]
Primary election
Candidate Votes %
Susan Ellenberg (incumbent) 54,403 100.00
Total votes 54,403 100.00

References

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  1. ^ Nguyen, Tran (April 13, 2022). "Election 2022: The race for Santa Clara County Supervisor District 1". San José Spotlight. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Wolfe, Eli (November 29, 2021). "Fight over Silicon Valley political boundaries intensifies". San José Spotlight. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  3. ^ Wolfe, Eli (February 10, 2022). "Former political staffer campaigns for Santa Clara County supervisor". San José Spotlight. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "County Supervisor, District 1". Country Registrar of Voters. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "County Supervisor, District 4". Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved November 24, 2022.