Did you know we have a local election coming up?

In March 2024, San Jose voters will submit their ballots for the offices of the mayor + City Council in districts 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, as well as for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors districts 2, 3, and 5.

Here is a breakdown of who's running.

Mayor

(Current) Mayor Matt Mahan
Tyrone Wade — Retired family counselor

District Councilmembers

District 2

Joe A. Lopez — Retired sheriff's sergeant
Pamela Campos — Educator
Vanessa Sandoval — Public policy director
Babu Prasad — Businessman, healthcare professional

District 4

Kansen Chu — Education advisor
(Current) Councilmember David Cohen

District 6

Olivia Navarro — City commissioner, businesswoman
Alex Shoor — Housing nonprofit director
Angelo Pasciuti — Retired marine
Michael Mulcahy — Neighborhood business owner

District 8

Tam Troung — Police sergeant, parent
(Current) Councilmember Domingo Candelas
Sukhdev Sigh Bainiwal — Software engineer
Surinder Kaur Dhaliwal — Retired executive assistant

District 10

George Casey — Director, senior counsel
(Current) Councilmember Arjun Batra
Lenka Wright — Communications executive

Head to San José Spotlight for a comprehensive candidate guide.

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Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

District 2

Corina Herrera-Loera
Jennifer Margaret Celaya
Madison Nguyen
Betty Duong
Nelson McElmurry

District 3

Otto Lee

District 5

Margaret Abe-Koga
Barry Chang
Peter Fung
Sally Lieber
Sandy Sans

San Jose Spotlight has a full breakdown of each candidate running for the County Board of Supervisors.

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Measures on the Santa Clara County ballot

City of Santa Clara, Measure A

Determines whether or not to make the Santa Clara City Clerk an appointed, rather than elected, position.

City of Santa Clara, Measure B

Determines whether or not to make the Santa Clara Chief of Police an appointed, rather than elected, position.