All the ballots are tallied for San Jose City Council D8. Jimmy Nguyen has for at least now lost the election to Sylvia Arenas by 87 votes (50.13% to 49.87%) out of a total of 34,265 ballots cast
The manual automatic recount will occur next week as mandated by county voting law when the difference is less than 0.5%. When it comes to recount, nothing is certain. So this election night will likely carry on for another 2 weeks or more depending on whether Nguyen will need to have a second recount or not.
Nguyen outspent Arenas 2 to 1 with Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Realtors spending close to $150,000 in his support.
He also received the support of Rose Herrera, the outgoing Vice Mayor and D8 residence, as well as well known community leaders of D8 - Pat Waite and Denise Belisle. Former Mayor Chuck Reed also gave him a ringing endorsement. The Vietnamese-Americans in D8 constitute 22% of the total registered voters.
He was the favorite to win the election since he has name recognition with strong endorsements. He ran 4 years ago and lost to Herrera in a landslide.
LSI has observed 3 recounts involving Vietnamese-American candidates in the last 8 years from Orange County to Santa Clara County. It is an emotional roller coaster and whoever wins this race deserve a big medal for mental toughness.
The manual automatic recount will occur next week as mandated by county voting law when the difference is less than 0.5%. When it comes to recount, nothing is certain. So this election night will likely carry on for another 2 weeks or more depending on whether Nguyen will need to have a second recount or not.
Nguyen outspent Arenas 2 to 1 with Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Realtors spending close to $150,000 in his support.
He also received the support of Rose Herrera, the outgoing Vice Mayor and D8 residence, as well as well known community leaders of D8 - Pat Waite and Denise Belisle. Former Mayor Chuck Reed also gave him a ringing endorsement. The Vietnamese-Americans in D8 constitute 22% of the total registered voters.
He was the favorite to win the election since he has name recognition with strong endorsements. He ran 4 years ago and lost to Herrera in a landslide.
LSI has observed 3 recounts involving Vietnamese-American candidates in the last 8 years from Orange County to Santa Clara County. It is an emotional roller coaster and whoever wins this race deserve a big medal for mental toughness.
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