March 5 (primary) November 5 (runoff) | |
5 of 10 seats on San Jose City Council | |
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The 2024 San Jose City Council election took place on March 5, 2024, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place on November 5, 2024. [1] [2] Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan. [3] Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office. [4]
Incumbent Sergio Jimenez was elected to the 2nd district in 2016 and 2020. He was term-limited and ineligible to run again.
| Primary election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Joe Lopez | 4,950 | 35.0 | |
| Pamela Campos | 3,436 | 24.3 | |
| Babu Prasad | 3,026 | 21.4 | |
| Vanessa Sandoval | 2,719 | 19.4 | |
| Total votes | 14,131 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Pamela Campos | 16,883 | 54.0 | |
| Joe Lopez | 14,362 | 46.0 | |
| Total votes | 31,245 | 100.0 | |
Incumbent David Cohen was elected to the 4th district in 2020 in a runoff with 51.3% of the vote. He ran for reelection.
| Primary election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| David Cohen (incumbent) | 8,391 | 58.6 | |
| Kansen Chu | 5,931 | 41.4 | |
| Total votes | 14,322 | 100.0 | |
Incumbent Dev Davis was elected to the 6th district in 2016 and 2020. She was term-limited and ineligible to run again.
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Michael Mulcahy | 8,695 | 39.3 | |
| Olivia Navarro | 6,913 | 31.2 | |
| Alex Shoor | 3,850 | 17.4 | |
| Angelo 'AJ' Pasciuti | 2,688 | 12.1 | |
| Total votes | 22,146 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Pamela Campos | 19,629 | 51.3 | |
| Olivia Navarro | 18,632 | 48.7 | |
| Total votes | 38,261 | 100.0 | |
Sylvia Arenas was elected to the 8th district in 2016 and 2020. She subsequently left the seat early following her election to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 2022. Domingo Candelas was appointed to the seat in January 2023 for the remainder of Arenas' term. [45]
Individuals
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Domingo Candelas (incumbent) | 8,466 | 39.4 | |
| Tam Truong | 6,982 | 32.5 | |
| Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal | 5,513 | 25.7 | |
| Surinder Kaur Dhaliwal | 501 | 2.3 | |
| Total votes | 21,462 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| Domingo Candelas (incumbent) | 23,363 | 57.3 | |
| Tam Truong | 17,432 | 42.7 | |
| Total votes | 40,795 | 100.0 | |
Matt Mahan was elected to the 8th district in 2020 in the primary with 58.5% of the vote. He left the 10th district seat early after his election to San Jose mayor in the 2022 election. Arjun Batra was appointed to the seat in January 2023 for the remainder of Mahan's term. [49]
| Primary election | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | |
| George Casey | 8,805 | 38.6 | |
| Arjun Bata (incumbent) | 8,354 | 36.6 | |
| Lenka Wright | 5,640 | 24.7 | |
| Total votes | 22,799 | 100.0 | |
| General election | |||
| George Casey | 23,977 | 57.8 | |
| Arjun Bata (incumbent) | 17,507 | 42.2 | |
| Total votes | 41,484 | 100.0 | |