KGO: Race for SJ Mayor Heads for November Runoff Election
(KGO) – The race for mayor of San Jose is headed for a runoff election this fall.
KGO’s Jeannie Lynch reports neither Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese nor San Jose Councilman Sam Liccardo received a majority of votes for mayor.
Cortese had 33 percent of the vote and Liccardo pulled in 25 percent. After them, the other top vote-getters for mayor were San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen with 21 percent of the vote, San Jose City Councilman Pierluigi Oliverio with almost 10 percent and Councilwoman Rose Herrera, who garnered six percent of the vote.
Liccardo is a well-known figure in the city. A former deputy district attorney, he wants more police on the streets.
Cortese has run for mayor before and lost. He has strong union support this time around. “I don’t think it’s going to be hard to keep the energy and the momentum going,” he says, “We’ll give people a few days off and then right back at it again.”
Voter turnout was around 20 percent. The runoff election will occur November 4.
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