} Its strange how you make it sound like Matt was a big money candidate in this race, when Cindy was the one who had the most money going into this. border-radius: 50%; display: block; As the two politicians square off for the Nov. 8 election that will decide who leads the Bay Areas largest city, moneyed interests are waging a shadow campaign alongside Chavez and Mahan through independent political committees, which arent held to spending limits like the candidates, and produce some of the most bitingly negative attacks. The ads refer to Mahans role as a technology entrepreneur leading Brigade, a company since acquired by Pinterest and Countable that provided an open platform for political advocacy. Voting is convenient. His campaign has raised more than $1.4 million this year. Santa Clara County Firefighters, Santa Clara Deputy Sheriff's Association Chavezs potential defeat this year has remnants of the 2014 San Jose mayoral electionthe last time the city elected a new mayor. font-size: 12px; .widget-row.value-only { San Jose Councilmember Matt Mahan and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez at a candidate forum hosted by San Jos Spotlight on Sept. 15, 2022. .inner_percentage.Libertarian { Apathy being a big one. $('#candidate-connection-email-75220').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-email'); }); .non_result_row div { Daily I got negative emails from Cindy telling me why Matt is such a terrible guy and how bad his record is. This is your newsroom. complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. font-size: 1.25em; $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { background-color: grey; With all of the hostility towards Cindy expressed here, I am concerned about some person with poor self control doing something bad. Ballot measures, Who represents me? A third straight cancellation whether for health reasons or moral ones due to the war in Ukraine would have dampened enthusiasm among consumers heading into the key summer biergarten season. Cindy Chavez is a current member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and former Vice Mayor of San Jose. Accomplishments | Cindy Chavez for Mayor But according to the registrar, theres still almost half the votes to be counted, Terry Christensen, a retired San Jose State political science professor, told San Jos Spotlight on Nov. 10. Mahan thanked his supporters on social media Thursday morning. } font-size: 1.2em; First, Thank you Cindy Chavez for your service over the years. no Id check!!! While I dont agree with the NRA on most issues, Ill absolutely stand up for their freedom of speech on internet platforms.. } $('.showResponses').show(); top: 2px; background-color: green; .votebox-results-metadata-p { 1. SEIU-USWW They would have to fill D8 as well if Sylvia coasts into the Supe seat which looks likely. Even her own staff will tell you that. He would then incentivize the unhoused to move in. John Woolfolk is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group, based at The Mercury News. display: block; margin-bottom: 0; position: relative; div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } margin-top: 1px; Elections 2022 p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} (A new Mayor isnt going to fix San Jose, never has. } Too bad that so many are going to sink because the economy was reliant on credit or debt, and interest rates are going to shut that market down. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } The voting system has many methods to detect improper votes, that is why it is required to be certified PRIOR to an election. And Spotlights analysis is that the election traces back to neighborhood voter turnout patterns? HAHAHA. Yet rather than exude excitement or even relief, the citys mayor announced the festival would take place seemingly with the same heavy heart as last year,when he cancelled Oktoberfest. left: 0; width: 50%; .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { display: block; Ballots mailed: 49,173 })(); See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection. Outgoing Mayor Sam Liccardo, who endorses Mahan, started a group backing him, while Liccardos close friend and political supporter, former Silicon Valley Leadership Group President Carl Guardino, is behind a group backing Chavez. Especially not during these times when residents may be reluctant to open their front door to strangers. There are legislative tools to help with that now, especially with the mentally ill. For others, enforce the laws on the books to get them out of the creeks and parks and streets and into a tiny apartment. They tout housing first while slow-walking permanent supportive affordable housing that takes 5 years to fund, permit, and build. Cindy Chavez is a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 2. How would SJS characterize Mayans homeless plan for denser subsidized housing for the unhoused? If it turns out his proteg wins it would be interesting to see how he can swallow down the need to help the homeless when its coupled with, all the money he took from interest groups that have managed to help push people on the streets. The lose is claiming that votes are being double counted. It was a spirited campaign, and its critically important that every vote is counted, Chavez said. I am just gonna move on now, cause it is clear you have made up your mind onwhatever it is you are trying to get across. background: #4c4c4c; 2022 San Jose mayoral election - Wikipedia Instead of trying to come up with shallow excuses look for the obvious deeper reason which is that Chavez had every advantage in getting her message out but her message was less appealing to the people of San Jose. This is what you get from WHAT ABOUTISM in politics. height: 50px; Only about 170,000 ballots were sent out and Busheys Bumblers cant count them in less than a week, while the entire state of Florida had over 7 MILLION counted within five hours after the polls closed. } width: 50px; The entire state of Florida counted over 7,700,000 votes within a few hours after the polls closed, but Shannon Busheys crew will probably still be counting next week with a maximum of 750,000 likely votes to count. Special interest groups spent $3.4 million to support Chavez and $1.7 million to support Mahan. Chavez ran for election for Mayor of San Jose in California. 4,400 homes have been built or are in the pipeline to be built. Mayor Matt Mahan and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and their supporters spent more than $12 million - nearly $50 for every vote cast - in the 2022 race for mayor of San Jose, according to updated reports filed this week with the city clerk. color: white; $(".expand-all").on('click', () => { } a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } Youre an embarrassment. top: -1px; In the highly-anticipated race for San Jose mayor, two contenders emerged as front-runners once polls closed Tuesday county Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San Jose Councilmember Matt Mahan. .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Giwargiss old employers at the Mercury always had political biases as well but the news articles usually were more journalistic and less editorial. When you have twice the money as your opponent, I guess you have to spend it. @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { But for you to insinuate that the people commenting on this thread would be accountable for some irrational or violent act is a level of stupidity thats hard to comprehend. clearInterval(nTimer); Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 2, .infobox { .inner_percentage.Green { ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } The numbers arriving to Munich, mainly from the Hungarian border via Vienna, are now increasing as are the number of volunteers at the station. Received: 12,085, District 431% .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} Bavarias hotel industry said it understood the decision to move forward with the festival under the current circumstances was anything but an easy one. height: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; document.getElementById( "ak_js_4" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_5" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); San Jos residents deserve a trusted source for unbiased, independent political news.
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} And if not, then why not. I did vote for her early, but became really disappointed in her with the negative ads, too. max-width: 600px; Mahan is trailing in second with 32.22%, or 49,763 votes. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. padding-bottom: 5px; top: -5px; The Labor Council PAC was behind the ads that blasted Mahan for enabling the NRA, but Chavez said its entirely fair. } Supervisor Cindy Chavez - Supervisor Cindy Chavez District 2 - County color: #fff; font-style: italic; div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } Relief among representatives of the hospitality industry in Bavaria, was understandably tangible. According to county data, voters cast 10,406 ballots for Mahan on Tuesdaycompared to 6,648 votes for Chavez. What has happened is a PERMANENT DAMAGE to the economic system that WILL NEVER RECOVER. } Of course, that would require getting out in the field and knocking on a lot of doors or doing man in the street interviews in malls and other places where lots of people gather. .votebox { Mahan will do a good job. Ballots mailed: 51,393 padding-bottom: 3px; Please stop quoting the stat that voter turnout is higher when there is a big ticket election. margin: 0; Had I been completely left alone and uninformed I probably would have just voted for her out of spite for Sam Liccardo. I am sorry if I am not seeing the connection between these two. position: absolute; With that logic, youre as accountable as anyone for putting the idea out there. color: #0645ad; So Im not sure why you are making it sound like we are STILL in 2020-21 years. He is a graduate of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and has been a journalist since 1990, covering cities, counties, law enforcement, courts and other general news. .key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;} San Jos Spotlight is the citys first nonprofit, community-supported digital news organization. Unnecessary measures to lockdown the public, shudder local small business, and hinder our childrens education. And for the first time, she leads in total vote by mail ballots over Mahan. width: 250px; 2023 Fortune Media IP Limited. This should have been over! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); With 90% of ballots counted by Tuesday afternoon, San Jose mayoral candidate Matt Mahan now leads opponent Cindy Chavez by 6,351 votes. Thanks to Steph Currys 50-point day, Warriors beat the Kings in Game 7 to advance, Mortgage fees to rise for buyers with high credit scores, fall for those with lower scores, Concord: Man killed in 4:30 a.m. solo crash on I-680, Tucker Carlson: How early rejection by hippie San Francisco mom made him shameless, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Outside groups backing Mahan have tossed another $772,525 into the race on his behalf. In that matchup, Mayor Sam Liccardo narrowly defeated then-Supervisor Dave Cortese, whos now a state senator. In one of the nation's most expensive housing markets, Supervisor Cindy Chavez is the primary architect of the groundbreaking $950-million Measure A - a housing bond passed by voters in November 2016 to end homelessness in Santa Clara County. That they did. }) } font-size: .9em; letter-spacing: 0.03em; Its disgusting how close this election is. LiUNA 270 Photo by Jana Kadah. Its inhumane leaving the unhoused outdoors. if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { Is this is awwwww .poor Chavez sympathy ?? } Now mayors races will be voted on at the same time as presidential elections! Terms & Conditions. margin: 8px auto; In Arizona, the democrat Secretary of State, whos in charge of vote counting, was running for Governor. Ill be a rough two years for Mahan until the next election. Execpt for ca newsome .. called that quick . .top_disclaimer { First, she reminds everyone of Hillary. But in the SJ Inside, coomnters were trying to connect that situation to this election. width: 35px !important; Cindy Chavez, a San Jose mayoral candidate, speaks to supporters at her election night party in Willow Glen. text-align: center; float: left; .results_text { I dont care how much the ACLU and others crow otherwise. Mudslinging is telling lies about another, and has been the specialty of the South Bay Labor Council since Cindy was its executive director. Second, people do not want a Nury Martinez situation in San Jose. Cindy Chavez continued to trim away at Matt Mahan's lead in the nail-biter of a race to become San Jose's first new mayor in eight years, but she gained votes at a lower rate Sunday than in. background-color: red; Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions. Cindy Chavez is running against Matt Mahan in San Jose, California's mayoral race. } Maybe theres a lesson there. Ballots mailed: 55,772 I laughed out loud when the negative flyer came in the mail: Mahan thinks the NRA has a right to a website.