\u201cI am extremely grateful to everyone who has contributed financially to my campaign,\u201d Rosen told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cI am equally grateful to the many volunteers who have distributed lawn signs, texted Santa Clara County voters and spoken to their friends and neighbors on my behalf. Those efforts will continue, because I believe no one seeking reelection should take voters for granted \u2014 and I certainly do not.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond the candidates\u2019 own campaigns, outside groups have spent approximately $130,300 this year \u2014 mostly in support of Arenas \u2014 to influence the races with mailers, precinct walking, phone banking and online ads.<\/p>\n
The South Bay Labor Council\u2019s independent committee has spent more than $125,700 in support of Arenas and\u00a0just $307 in support of Rosen. The California Taxpayer Protection Committee has spent more than $4,200 in support of Munson.<\/p>\n
South Bay Labor Council Executive Officer Jean Cohen said her organization is focusing its spending on supporting Arenas.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlike tech billionaires and corporate interests that pour unlimited money into elections, labor relies on people power-phone banking, precinct walking, mail and direct voter education driven by union members and community volunteers,\u201d Cohen told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Bob Jonsen, District 4 Supervisor Susan Ellenberg and County Assessor Neysa Fligor \u2014 who won a special election last year<\/a> after the retirement of her 30-year predecessor Larry Stone \u2014 are all running unopposed<\/a> in their reelection bids.<\/p>\n The District 1 race will be a litmus test for South County\u2019s support of Arenas. Her win four years ago shifted the Board of Supervisors\u2019 political tilt, solidifying a progressive bloc. The former San Jose councilmember\u2019s win aligned with the redrawing of District 1\u2019s boundaries the prior year<\/a>,\u00a0which expanded the district into several San Jose neighborhoods. In the process, the district lost the conservative stronghold areas of Almaden Valley and Los Gatos.<\/p>\n \u201cAs I knock on doors across our community, the message from District 1 families is clear: keep up your focus on solutions for our families,\u201d Arenas told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight. \u201cOver the last four years, we\u2019ve made real progress \u2014 tackling tough issues that were ignored for too long. I\u2019m honored by everyone who is supporting me to keep up this work.\u201d<\/p>\n As supervisor, Arenas has been vocal about fixing county child welfare issues<\/a> that have led to three high-profile deaths under Santa Clara County\u2019s watch in three years. Most recently, the alleged sexual assault and killing of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez prompted the county to put 10 social workers on leave in connection with his foster case.<\/p>\n She has also championed efforts to study systemic health threats<\/a> facing the county\u2019s Latino communities and establish an office of agricultural tourism<\/a> to protect farmland from development<\/a>.<\/p>\n Munson has said her goal is better representation of the largely agricultural district. She said she\u2019ll work to responsibly balance the county budget to protect essential services and make the public hospitals more self-sustaining through greater efficiency and different revenue strategies. She also vows to work closer with other elected officials in the district to tackle homelessness and mental health.<\/p>\n Munson declined to comment.<\/p>\n The DA race is a bit more personal<\/a>. Rosen and Chung originally squared off after Chung wrote a 2021 opinion article critical of Rosen\u2019s criminal justice reforms following racist violence toward Asian Americans. Rosen suspended Chung for a week on the charge that he used his county-issued work laptop and email address to submit the article, and his official title, without permission. Rosen reassigned him from criminal cases to cases dealing with mental health and juveniles.<\/p>\n![\"In-line](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/interactive-321838904008.png\")
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