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Voting booths inside St. Timothy s Church in Mountain View on Nov. 3. Photo by Olivia Treynor.
Former Councilwoman Pat Showalter will serve another four years on the Mountain View City Council, after a lengthy recount reaffirmed her narrow victory over candidate Alex Nunez.
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters announced last week that the agency had completed its recount for the tight race, more than seven weeks after Election Day. Though the final vote tally changed slightly, Showalter held her lead as the presumptive winner. I m very relieved and looking forward to serving on council, Showalter said.
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Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters workers conduct a manual recount of the Los Altos Hills and Mountain View city council Nov. 3 general election races on Dec. 8. Last week, the ROV announced the results of the Hills recount, and the results of the Mountain View recount are expected this week.
New Los Altos Hills City Council members Stanley Q. Mok, Lisa Schmidt and Linda Swan, like so many newly elected officials before them this year, took the oath of office virtually Thursday, each raising a right hand from their respective Zoom panel.
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, who represents portions of Santa Clara County, delivered a few remarks before swearing in new mayor Kavita Tankha at the council meeting.
Tanaka: ‘I Am a Councilmember for Everyone’
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PALO ALTO The following announcement is from the office of Palo Alto City Councilmember Greg Lin Tanaka.
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With 100% of votes reported, Councilmember Tanaka wins re-election for another four years on the Palo Alto City Council. Tanaka shook up the race by holding his seat against both a progressive newcomer slate and the residentialist slate, in a contentious and expensive Palo Alto election.
Greg Lin Tanaka
With a population of fewer than 70,000 residents, Palo Alto sets the bar high for a small city with its cutthroat election tactics and fundraising. The long-standing struggle between “pro-housing” and “residentialists” has increased fundraising competition during the past several elections. This year, the progressive newcomer slate and the residentialist slate raised a reported $330,000 combined so far for 2020, nearly quadrupling the amount of Tanaka campaign contributions.
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Schmidt wins Los Altos Hills council seat by one vote
Yes, every vote truly does count.
Following a manual Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters recount of the Nov. 3 election results, business owner Lisa Schmidt won the third and final seat on the Los Altos Hills City Council, beating competitor Jay Sutaria by a single vote.
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Schmidt described her excitement after hearing the announcement via an email from Virginia Bloom, assistant registrar of voters, at approximately 12:15 p.m. Monday (Dec. 14).
“I’ve tried to take a Zen-like approach to this,” Schmidt said. “I really hoped I’d win, of course, but I had to say, ‘Well, if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen and there’s going to be other good things I can help the city (with).’ I tried not to get upset about it; it doesn’t do any good to get upset about that kind of thing. But I am very happy now, yes.”