winner, with a significant lead over ed hernandez, her 56% to hernandez's 44%. >> and republican catherine baker won over rebecca bauer-kahan in district 16 which covers central contra costa county and the tri valley. >> it looks like there will be change at the santa clara county sheriff's office, laurie smith will serve a sixth term as the county's top cop over john hirokawa. smith, the incumbent and her supporters celebrated when smith jumped out to a lead right away. >> i'm very optimistic now. i think the lead is insurmountable at this point. anything can happen, but i'm very confident. we had a great team in place and i'm really pleased the voters of santa clara county selected me. >> i think that i would still be an advocate for change, still be an advocate especially in regards to the use of force, racial profiling and the reforms