San Jose District 3 special election heads to recount

Santa Clara County elections appear to be cursed — they can’t seem to avoid recounts for too-close-to-call races.

The special election to replace the disgraced former District 3 San Jose councilmember Omar Torres is headed for a recount on April 24. The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters will only have four days to certify the election and confirm the number of votes for the top-two vote getters, with two candidates in a tight race for second place before the June 24 runoff.

As of 3:37 p.m. Friday, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, executive director of the Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, still holds first place with 2,710 votes while Planning Commission Chair Anthony Tordillos is in second place with 2,005 votes. Matthew Quevedo, the mayor’s deputy chief of staff, is trailing in third by just five votes with a total of 2,000. The narrow margins between second and third place have triggered the automatic recount under county elections law.

Tordillos hasn’t changed his tune and feels good about the outcome.




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