The race for second place in the District 1 board of supervisors
contest continues today as an update was announced that still puts
candidate Forrest Williams ahead of Teresa Alvarado, this time by
70 votes. The last update Friday showed Williams up by 43.
The race for second place in the District 1 board of supervisors contest continues today as an update was announced that still puts candidate Forrest Williams ahead of Teresa Alvarado, this time by 70 votes. The last update Friday showed Williams up by 43.
Roughly 4,000 provisional ballots in Santa Clara County still need to be counted from June 8’s primary. San Jose city councilman Williams, 73, is ahead with 11,881 votes over nonprofit executive Teresa Alvarado, 45, who has 11,811 votes in the race to take on Los Gatos councilman Mike Wasserman who dominated the bid with 43 percent of the vote. The winner in November’s election will replace Republican Don Gage who has held the post for 14 years.
Not too often is a second-place runoff the object of small talk, but the two vastly different candidates are now center stage as they await the final results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters – a chore that could likely weeks. The last update by the Registrar came at 4:50 p.m. Monday. About 3,200 ballots were counted from Friday to Monday, according to the Registrar’s office.
Gilroy winery owner Tom Kruse won 11 percent or 6,846 votes. Gilroy city councilman Peter Arellano and doctor won 8 percent of 4,962 votes.
