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November 8, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 of the 5 seats of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors 3 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elections in California |
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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] District 4 was uncontested and incumbent Supervisor Susan Ellenberg was reelected.
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 boundaries of District 1 changed significantly; eventual victor Sylvia Arenas was drawn into the district, [3] while candidates Johnny Khamis and Rob Rennie were drawn out. [4] Khamis threatened legal action when the new district map was proposed, [5] and after it was adopted, he moved into the new district boundaries to continue his campaign. [6]
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| Primary election | ||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Susan Ellenberg (incumbent) | 54,403 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 54,403 | 100.00 | |