2024 San Jose City Council election

2024 San Jose City Council election
March 5 (primary)
November 5 (runoff)
5 of 10 seats on San Jose City Council

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]

District 2

Incumbent Sergio Jimenez was elected to the 2nd district in 2016 and 2020. He was term-limited and ineligible to run again.

Endorsements

Pamela Campos
Political party organizations
Labor unions
Organizations
Joe Lopez
Organizations
  • Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[28]
  • Silicon Valley Biz PAC[29]
Labor unions
  • San Jose Police Officers' Association[30]
Newspapers
Individuals
Babu Prasad
Labor unions
Vanessa Sandoval
Organizations
  • Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee[38]
  • South Bay YIMBY (primary election)[39]
  • Housing Action Coalition (primary election)[40]
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (primary election)[7]

Results

2024 San Jose City Council 2nd district election[1][2]
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

District 4

Incumbent David Cohen was elected to the 4th district in 2020 in a runoff with 51.3% of the vote. He ran for reelection.

Endorsements

David Cohen
Organizations
  • Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee[38]
  • Silicon Valley Biz PAC[29]
  • South Bay YIMBY[39]
  • Housing Action Coalition (HAC)[40]
  • East Valley Democratic Club[41]
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (dual endorsement)[7]
Labor unions
Newspapers
Kansen Chu
Labor unions
Organizations
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN) (dual endorsement)[7]
  • Hindu American PAC[43]

Results

2024 San Jose City Council 4th district election[1]
Primary election
Candidate Votes %
David Cohen (incumbent) 8,391 58.6
Kansen Chu 5,931 41.4
Total votes 14,322 100.0

District 6

Incumbent Dev Davis was elected to the 6th district in 2016 and 2020. She was term-limited and ineligible to run again.

Endorsements

Michael Mulcahy
Political party organizations
  • Democrats at San Jose State[9]
Organizations
Newspapers
Labor unions
  • San Jose Police Officers' Association[30]
Olivia Navarro
Political party organizations
Labor unions
Angelo 'AJ' Pasciuti
Labor unions
Organizations
  • South Bay Progressive Alliance[26]
Alex Shoor
Organizations
  • South Bay YIMBY[39]
  • Housing Action Coalition (HAC)[40]

Results

2024 San Jose City Council 6th district election[1][2]
Primary election
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

District 8

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]

Endorsements

Tam Truong
Organizations
  • Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[28]
Domingo Candelas
Political party organizations
Organizations
Labor unions

Individuals

Sukhdev Singh Bainiwal
Organizations
  • Silicon Valley Biz PAC[29]
Newspapers

Results

2024 San Jose City Council 8th district election[1][2]
Primary election
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

District 10

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]

Endorsements

George Casey
Organizations
  • Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility[28]
  • Gun Sense Voter[19]
  • Silicon Valley Biz PAC (dual endorsement)[29]
Labor unions
  • San Jose Police Officers' Association (dual endorsement)[30]
Political party organizations
  • Democrats at San Jose State[9]
Individuals
Arjun Bata
Newspapers
Labor unions
  • San Jose Police Officers' Association (dual endorsement)[30]
Organizations
  • Hindu American PAC[43]
  • Justice Opportunity Liberty Politico (JOLPOL)[46]
  • League of Conservation Voters of Santa Clara County[51]
  • Silicon Valley Biz PAC (dual endorsement)[29]
Individuals
Lenka Wright
Labor unions
Organizations
  • Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee[38]
  • Democratic Activists for Women Now (DAWN)[7]

Results

2024 San Jose City Council 8th district election[1][2]
Primary election
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

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