Assistant County Assessor Neysa Fligor declared victory over former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar early on Dec. 31, after an initial margin of more than 50,000 votes.

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.

Assessor candidate Rishi Kumar says Santa Clara County government is abusing its authority during Measure A property tax campaign.

The contest between Joe Simitian and Evan Low could be decided by Friday's report from San Mateo County, which last reported results on Wednesday, March 13.

Tech security entrepreneur Peter Dixon of Portola Valley filed his FEC candidate statement on Thursday and announced he already had raised $350,000; and Palo Alto Councilmember Julie Lythcott-Haims became the seventh Democrat – and first woman – to announce as a candidate for the seat held for 16 terms by Rep. Anna Eshoo.

With the March 5 primary just three months away and a campaign period interrupted by the holidays, the candidates – a total of five Democrats and two Republicans so far – have a big fundraising challenge ahead of them.

The Santa Clara County supervisor says he already has raised $600,000 in federal campaign funds.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian says he'll likely make it official next week and Assemblymember Evan Low says he is a few conversations away from his announcement, but the pair are likely opponents in California's 16th Congressional District.

The contests for mayor of San Jose, Santa Clara County sheriff, all four of the contested San Jose City Council races and the one contested county supervisor race will have runoff elections in November with the top two finishers.

Democrats easily won all 12 Bay Areas House of Representative seats.

A local student supporting the Rishi Kumar campaign for Congress says her generation is sick of leaders beholden to corporate interests. 

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If found guilty, the second-term councilman could spend up to six months in jail, pay up to a $1,000 fine—or both.