A Major Upset In the Making in District 4

With still 2,000 ballots left to count, incumbent City Councilmember Manh Nguyen is ahead  attorney Lan Diep by just 17 votes.   The trend was against him in the last two days.  On election night, he was ahead by 193 votes.

MANH NGUYEN		7,193	50.06%
LAN DIEP		7,176	49.94%
Total		14,369

If Manh Nguyen lost, it would be one of the biggest upsets in San Jose City Council race history.  Never before, an incumbent with the endorsement of current Mayor and former Mayor including a number of seating City Councilmembers along with both Labor and Chamber is facing such a defeat.

One interesting note, a week before the election,  Assemblyman Kansen Chu threw his support to Lan Diep.   Chu of course is a well liked former councilmember of D4.  

Lan Diep lost to Manh Nguyen by 13 votes in last year primary.  It would be interesting to see if he can reciprocate the loss this year.

Just one note - The voter turn-out is unusually high for this primary, especially in D4.   Typical turn out has been around 8,000 ballots in the primary and 14,000 ballots in the general election.  This year, the primary will likely break a record of close to 17,000 ballots.

OC Election Results Two Days After

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 46th District Completed Precincts: 226 of 226 Vote Count Percentage LOU CORREA (DEM) 25,155 41.7% BOB PETERSON (REP) 8,788 14.6% BAO NGUYEN (DEM) 8,332 13.8% JOE DUNN (DEM) 7,632 12.6% LYNN SCHOTT (REP) 5,216 8.6% LOUIE A. CONTRERAS (REP) 2,288 3.8% NANCY TRINIDAD MARIN 1,900 3.1% RODOLFO RUDY GAONA (REP) 1,028 1.7% County Supervisor 1st District Completed Precincts: 198 of 198 Vote Count Percentage * ANDREW DO 21,704 36.0% MICHELE MARTINEZ 21,298 35.3% PHAT BUI 11,622 19.3% STEVE ROCCO 5,727 9.5% Member, County Central Committee 72nd Assembly District - Republican Number To Vote For: 6 Completed Precincts: 242 of 242 Vote Count Percentage * MICHAEL E. GATES (REP) 16,405 14.6% * ANDREW DO (REP) 13,976 12.5% * KERMIT MARSH (REP) 12,630 11.3% DEAN GROSE (REP) 11,580 10.3% TYLER DIEP (REP) 10,872 9.7% 1 JOHN W. BRISCOE (REP) 10,326 9.2% * CHARLOTTE CHRISTIANA (REP) 9,730 8.7% PHAT BUI (REP) 8,943 8.0% 2 JOHN BRISCOE (REP) 7,548 6.7

Early Results from San Jose and Orange County

Some of the early results in San Jose City Council races


City Council District 4

MANH NGUYEN		5,043	50.88%
LAN DIEP		4,869	49.12%

City Council District 8

DENISE BELISLE		2,094	19.84%
JOSH BAROUSSE		1,593	15.10%
JIMMY NGUYEN		2,896	27.45%
PAT WAITE		1,877	17.79%
SYLVIA ARENAS		2,092	19.83%

Total

State Assembly D27 (San Jose)

VAN LE (REP)		6,361	17.22%
ANDRES QUINTERO (DEM)		3,580	9.69%
MADISON NGUYEN (DEM)		13,657	36.96%
CONG THANH DO (DEM)		3,071	8.31%
ASH KALRA (DEM)		6,528	17.67%
ESAU HERRERA (DEM)		1,758	4.76%
DARCIE GREEN (DEM)		1,992	5.39%
Total		36,947

Congress District 17 PIERLUIGI C. OLIVERIO (DEM)		2,126	4.04%
KENNITA WATSON (LIB)		1,088	2.07%
RON COHEN (REP)		4,532	8.61%
PETER KUO (REP)		4,655	8.85%
RO KHANNA (DEM)		19,941	37.89%
MIKE HONDA (DEM)		20,282	38.54%

OC Register Endorses Andrew Do for OC Supervisor

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/andrew-718153-county-bui.html

The largest newspaper in Orange County endorses current Supervisor Andrew Do in his bid for re-election.

"...In his nearly 17 months on the board after winning a special election, Andrew Do has taken a role of leadership, helping craft county policies that prioritize public safety, creating a more open and transparent county government and tackling our region’s homelessness crisis.

Mr. Do has our endorsement and the voters would be wise to return him to office."

Supervisor Andrew Do is well liked in the community and is known for his outreach efforts to ensure that all voices are being heard.  He ability to focus on issues and cut away the politics has enable him to work with oppositions to tackling problems.   Recently, he was in Sacramento for a ceremonial event with the State Senate.   President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon (D) half joking told him, you are next on my target list.