{"id":524754,"date":"2026-11-10T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/524754\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:20:20","slug":"nov-8-election-update-hardy-stays-in-the-lead-williams-crutchlow-still-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/524754\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 8 Election Update: Hardy Stays in the Lead, Williams &#038; Crutchlow Still Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More votes have been counted, but the picture hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Hardy continues to be the leader in the Santa Clara mayor\u2019s race <a href=\"https:\/\/results.enr.clarityelections.com\/CA\/Santa_Clara\/127570\/web.345435\/#\/summary?category=C_3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as of Sunday night<\/a>, although the contest is still too close to call.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy leads the mayor\u2019s race by 450 votes for a total of 5,559 votes or 22.90%. This puts her ahead of second-place Kathy Watanabe. Watanabe has a total of 5,109 votes (21.04%). David Kertes remains in third place with 4,730 votes (19.48%).<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Park, Gary Ferraris and Mike Wiltberger continue to trail with 18%, 11% and 7%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>SPONSORED<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svvoice.com\/nov-8-election-update-hardy-stays-in-the-lead-williams-crutchlow-still-lead\/mailto:info@SvVoice.com\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"SiliconValleyVoice_Ad2_Jan04&#039;24\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"SiliconValleyVoice_Ad2_Jan04'24\" data-lazy- data-lazy- width=\"2560\" height=\"317\" style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1794302420_556_Advertise_SVV_4-scaled.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1794302420_556_Advertise_SVV_4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"SiliconValleyVoice_Ad2_Jan04'24\"   width=\"2560\" height=\"317\" style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Santa Clara City Council District 2, Kimberley Williams appears to be the likely winner in District 2 with 1,997 votes (56.96%) to Yvonne Inciarte\u2019s 1,501 (42.81%).<\/p>\n<p>Planning Commission Chair Eric Crutchlow maintains his lead in District 3 with 1,935 votes (55.16%) to Kyle Madej\u2019s 1,571 (44.78%).<\/p>\n<p>In the Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Area 1, the race is still close to call. Jim Canova, the incumbent, leads his opponent Kamal Yassin by only 16 votes: 1,257 (50.22%) to 1,241 (49.58%).<\/p>\n<p>In the Sunnyvale School District, Rommy Kushner took a very narrow lead in the Trustee Area 3 race with 1,579 votes (50.05%) to Michelle Maginot\u2019s 1,571 (49.79%).<\/p>\n<p>In terms of decided races:<\/p>\n<p>Anne Kepner beat Colin Lee Elliott Glaves for the West Valley-Mission CCD Trustee Area 3 seat with 76.89% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Oster Fish appears to have beaten Doug Robb for the West Valley-Mission CCD Trustee Area 7 seat with 54.25% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional Transit Measure appears to have passed with 54.42% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara\u2019s Measure C, the Public Works Charter Amendment, passed with 74.84% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sunnyvale\u2019s Measure G, the Public Works Contracts Charter Amendment, passed with 77.34% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sunnyvale\u2019s Measure H, a charter amendment that gives the city manager settlement authority, passed with 71.19% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sunnyvale\u2019s Measure I, a charter amendment dealing with how the city uses elections to fill city council vacancies, passed with 62.82% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Registrar of Voters\u2019 website, approximately 186,550 ballots in Santa Clara County still need to be counted.<\/p>\n<p>The Registrar of Voters\u2019 next update will be on Monday around 5 p.m. The Weekly will continue to post updated results on our Facebook page as they come in.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Schuk can be reached at carolyn@santaclaraweekly.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More votes have been counted, but the picture hasn\u2019t changed. 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