Assistant County Assessor Neysa Fligor led former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar by nearly 55,000 votes in unofficial returns reported in the latest ballot totals.

Neysa Fligor's 52,000-vote margin could prove insurmountable, likely exceeding the total number of votes that remain to be counted in a low-turnout race.

The likelihood that four of every five eligible voters won’t vote for Santa Clara County assessor candidates Neysa Fligor or Rishi Kumar heightens the anxiety and uncertainty of the two campaigns about today’s runoff vote.

Candidates Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar have to contend with potential voters distracted by the holidays, nearly empty campaign coffers and the absence of turnout-boosting state redistricting and county sales tax ballot initiatives.

As of Nov. 10, there remained just 7,000 ballots to be counted in the race for Santa Clara County Assessor, out of more than 460,000 votes.

Santa Clara County voters overwhelmingly approved an increase in local sales taxes, which county officials say is necessary to help offset dramatic cuts in federal aid by the Trump Administration, mostly in health care.

Prop 50's statewide victory margin swelled to 2.4 million votes as of Nov. 6.

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters reported at 10:50pm Nov. 4 that Fligor, who also is vice mayor of Los Altos, was more than 43,000 votes ahead of Rishi Kumar, a former Saratoga City Council member and former candidate for Congress.

Padilla was never officially in the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, but his national profile led many to believe that he’d be a favorite to win.

Most of the $95 million raised both for and against today’s ballot measure came from fewer than 20 total contributors.

As the Nov. 4 election day approaches, most of the money for and against the plan to redraw California congressional districts was spent not by the campaign organizations, but by nonprofits, political parties and a billionaire.

The proposed redistricting would make minor changes in a half dozen Bay Area congressional districts, and expand the 9th Congressional District westward toward the East Bay to bolster potential support for incumbent Democrat Rep. Josh Harder.

Gabby Chavez-Lopez conceded the race later Thursday morning, and congratulated Tordillos.

For Gabby Chavez-Lopez to make up the initial 2,036-vote ballot deficit, she would have needed to get nearly 85% of the estimated 3,000 uncounted District 3 ballots.

The tally reported at 8:45pm showed Anthony Tordillos with 4,449 votes, and Gabby Chavez-Lopez with 2,413 votes, representing 14.62% of the downtown district's registered voters.

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, gave out $1 million checks to gin up support for Donald Trump. California lawmakers want to ban big cash payments to registered voters.