matt mehan is in the lead with 52% of the vote to cindy chavez 48. ktvu is lamonica peters has been tracking both campaigns. she joins us now live in san jose with what they're saying lamonica. that's right. i'm here at the headquarters for cindy chavez, where she spoke to us about an hour ago and said that she would not be coming back out tonight to speak to her supporters because the race was just too close to call. the last we checked santa clara county's website. there was a difference of about 5000 votes between the two with as you mentioned matt mayhem, pulling out slightly above her, but that could change as the votes continue to come in, but earlier today, we did hear from chavez and she talked about coalition building that she had done in her long history of service here in san jose, and how grateful she was to the people who had voted for her. we also stopped by matt may hands watch party earlier today, and he talked about his grassroots campaign. you know, he's pretty new to politics here in san jose. he is a city council person, but he do

cindy chavez has 20 years experience. matt mayhem was just elected to san jose city council a couple of years ago. regardless of what happens, regardless of what happens, they are going to have to continue to work together. cindy chavez will be a santa clara county supervisor if she doesn't when the waste -- race. one of the questions i asked matt mayhem tonight was, how would the collaboration look moving forward regardless of the outcome? >> after elections, elected officials have responsibilities to come together, try to understand what the electorate was telling them, and working together to solve problems. i'm committed to focusing on the solutions that we need. reporter: you heard him say right there, he's focused on working to collaborate, focused on the solutions. that's what both sides are saying. it remains to be seen who the official winner will be. the registrar's office says this is the race they will be counting for a long time. they will continue that count tomorrow. we will continue to monitor what goes on

cindy chavez has 66,728. the total votes right now are 138,000 more than that 138,000 votes, but the registrar's office tells me they have a lot of votes a lot of ballots in the back that are still yet to be counted in this very tight race between two very different candidates. we spend some time back there this morning take a look. the polls closed at eight tuesday, but the counting process in santa clara county is far from over the ballots keep piling in we were there just as around 2,000 volt by mail ballots were brought in from the us postal service filling up a portion of this warehouse things are going pretty fast. we have a lot of ballots to process because a lot of vote by mail ballots that got dropped off at the vote centers all the mail coming from the post office. we're expecting a lot of vote by mail ballots coming from them and then all of the people that voted at the vote center, it was a really high amount of people that went in and voted in person yesterday many of those ballots adding to the

santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez. she's one of the 2 people running for san jose mayor kron four's. justin campbell is live at her headquarters tonight with more house ago. yeah, can basically in excitement is building here at the campaign headquarters here in willow, glen. but there is still work for them to do there in the back. there's about 25 to 30 people that are making calls. they're still reaching out to people, potential voters before. >> those polls close. so i did get the chance last week friday to speak to both candidates. kind of a sit-down speaking to matt mahan and cindy chavez about some of the issues that they would like to address here in the city. what is the number one issue i spoke to cindy chavez. he told me the number one issue for her would be addressing public safety. we know the police department, the san jose police department has a lack of officers that are there that they've routinely talk about and she would like to improve the response time for 9-1-1, calls by getting more officers. and

only about 4600 votes separate matt mahan and cindy chavez, matt mahan, he sits at 51.7 cindy chavez at 48.2, they have been going at it for quite some time. and right now it's going to be a photo finish. here's the reason why. they have thousands of ballots that they still have to count. we were just inside and look at this. they are sitting to the side of the workers because they still have to deal with what's in front of them. so far they've received about 300,000 ballots and they're not even to give a number on how many outstanding ballots are coming in today and over the next several days. so simply too close to call, here's the registrar of voters talking about what lies ahead for them. we have so many ballots that came in yesterday. so many ballots that were. >> they came in the mail vote by mail that people have voted in-person. those are not processed at all that they just got here late last night. >> needless to say, it's more than 4600 votes. definitely definitely. so they have thousands left to go. yes, more than 4600 votes could swing this election one way or the other.

hi this is cindy chavez and i am running for mayor of san jose. and i was calling to talk to you about the election. cindy chavez amat mayhem are reflecting on what last year has been like during the campaign, like, you know, being mayor of san jose and running should be hard right? it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice started a movement for common sense policy change that much needed. and win or lose that that effort is going to continue. both chavez and mayhem will be at their campaign headquarters as votes are tallied tuesday night just after eight p.m. the latest polls show that there is no front runner and the race for san jose's next mayor is too close to call. er certainly fighting an uphill battle against an established career politician, but we've been offering new solutions and change in direction, and the community seems to be really responding to that. so even though we've been outspent significantly, i like our chances. chavez says the race has allowed her another chance to

the race is between cindy chavez and current san jose city councilman matt mahan. supervisor cindy chavez is a seasoned politician with two decades of government service under her built. >>> matt mahan is right in the middle of his first term on the city council. >>> the city of san jose is the tenth largest city in the country. and i am running for mayor because i won't be learning on the job. >> voters are looking for a change in direction. they want to know what we are going to do differently. >>> current mayor has endorsed mahan, while chavez has the support of love green. >>> we have you covered here on election night. national races and results on kpix 5. local races on kbcw and streaming. our coverage begins tomorrow at 5:00. >>> another weekend twitter is making headlines again. this time it is asking for some fired employees to come back to work. we'll explain why. >>> plus another major employer in the tech industry is care coalition, where are we on alaska airlines? we found that people are raving about their customer care. i mean, take a look at this! w

lo cierto es que hay que esperar los resultados aquí en la sede de campaña de cindy chávez todavía notodo pero hemos visto que la gente se está retirando a esta hora de la noche, esperaremos la actualización de la oficina de registro electoral y algo que quiero mencionar para ir terminando es que según la oficina de elecciones del condado santa clara la próxima actualización la estarán brindando hasta el miércoles a las 5:00 de la tarde. por el momento no podemos dar por declarado al nuevo alcalde de la ciudad de san josé porque todavía los resultados no son concluyentes a esta hora de la noche es mi deporte en vivo desde san josé, noticiero telemundo 48 >>> el ganador será por un margen muy corto. muchas gracias por la información fátima por supuesto, estamos pendientes de cualquier actualización >>> nos vamos a auckland ya ven a nuestra compañera que se encuentra con más detalle sobre la carrera por la alcaldía de esta ciudad >>> buenas noches, yo me encuentro con el candidato que está liderando esta competencia esta noche y todo apunta a que podría ganar está ganando con cerca del

his opponent, santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez conceded the race today. she released a statement saying that we were not victorious. our messenger will carry on and live within the work i take on over the next 2 years as county supervisor, i have called matt mahan to wish him the best of luck in his two-year term as mayor san jose faces numerous challenges and the months and years ahead requiring that everybody worked collaboratively with the entire city council to reach meaningful and equitable solution. and the current mayor of san jose, sam liccardo also commenting on the election results saying, quote, >> mayor mahan will be a collaborative dynamic and thoughtful leader who will ensure that our government works just as hard as the families we serve. it's no secret that i'm thrilled with mets election because san jose's future will be in good hands. so what will san jose look like under the mahan administration? only one person can really answer that. joining us now live the next mayor of san jose. >> matt mahan map to thank you so much for doing this.

it is matt mahan and cindy chavez running to replace mayor sam liccardo. we've got kron four's will tran standing by for us with the what everybody's expecting, which is some sort of final answer here. well. >> it's not going to happen today or probably in the next few days because only a few 1000 votes, separate one candidate from the other, the registrar of voters just open for the day. we see a new shift coming in. watch me. at 8 o'clock. i'll try to get the very latest results. but they still have thousands of ballots, james and that they have to go through not to mention that the precincts, not 100%. billy reported as of last night about 90%. here are the numbers. san jose, you are waking up without a new mayor because it's still a photo finish as far as the numbers. matt mahan sitting at 51.7% of the votes, cindy chavez, and she's been in politics since 1996. she's sitting at 48 point to just simply too close to call and like. >> the race for governor, right? this one is just a nail-biter. here are the 2 candidates talking about the slugfest right do

this is cindy chavez and i am running for mayor of san jose. and i was calling to talk to you about the election with about 24 hours to go before finding out who the next mayor will be. cindy chavez , a mat mayhem are reflecting on what last year has been like during the campaign. i feel like, you know, being mayor of san jose, and running should be hard right. it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice. i think we've started a movement for common sense policy change that much needed and win or lose that that effort is going to continue, chavez and mayhem will be at their campaign headquarters as votes are tallied tuesday night just after eight p.m. the latest polls show that there is no front runner and the race for san jose's next mayor is too close to call. we are certainly fighting an uphill battle against an established career politician, but we've been offering new solutions, a change in direction, and the community seems to be really responding to that. so even though we've been outs

supervisor cindy chavez says she realized the deficit was simply too great and the remaining group votes too few to offer her a path to victory. >> i want to thank supervisor chavez, for the call, it was really nice to hear from her, it was a gracious concession and i think it is the best of our democracy. >> reporter: supervisor chavez called the mayor elect around 11:00 a.m., to concede, bringing an end to a hard-fought campaign and a long week of vote counting. supervisor chavez was gracious, but clearly disappointed in defeat. >> of course i am disappointed. i really , really believe, even today, that i would be the best person to be able to get that work done. you know, whether it is cleaning up san jose, making san jose safer, getting affordable housing built. >> reporter: the mayor elect and supervisor chavez have many of the same priorities. homelessness and public safety, with different approaches and plans to tackling those issues. the challenges loom large , says the mayor elect, as the area and country heads into an economic downturn. >> we are spending more than ever, and no

registrar voters shows a city councilman matt man , slightly pulling ahead of county supervisor cindy chavez by 4766 votes. chavez raised about $5 million during the campaign, compared to may hens $3 million in support the day before the election, chavez talked about the tight race ahead. mayor of san jose and running should be hard right. it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice, has released a statement on wednesday, saying it was a spirit to campaign and it's critically important that every vote is counted. while we don't yet know the out of this race, my focusrs, so we don't know what the outcome is yet and we need to let the democratic process play out, but just it was. it was very validating to know that our message of greater focus greater accountability for results on issues like homelessness, crime and affordable housing really resonated, mehan says, because about half of the votes still need to be counted. he's cautiously waiting on the final results. i don't want to get ahead of myself, and we need to. we need to count all t

matt may hab is leading cindy chavez. chavez, a long time political force in the south bay. mahan, a relative newcomer. >> there are a lot of ballots to be counted. we want to make sure the democratic process plays out. i'm really proud of the grassroots campaign we ran. we had thousands across the city step up and get involved. a lot of people for the first time. i think what united them was this desire for change. that we need to acknowledge when our current policies aren't working. >> we know what we can do together. we can make this city healthy again. we can tom the divide between people. we can build affordable housing. we can build san jose up and i'm committed to doing that. >> many see this race in san jose as a battle between the city's labor interests and business interests. cindy chavez is endorsed by the major unions. >>> to oakland where the race for mayor will be determined by rank choice voting. voters rank candidates in order of preference. after nine rounds of counting, loren taylor is still in the lead. these results are not final. there are still some 70,

city councilmember matt mahan has widened his lead over city supervisor cindy chavez. matt mahan has 52% compared to chavez's 48%. no word on a possible concession. katie nelson is live of the county registrar's office to show us how the process takes over, now. katie? >> reporter: workers here are just wrapping up for the night. i want to show you what they are dealing with. these are still all of the uncounted ballots, they worked 17 hours yesterday, 12 hours today, and they are going to be working 12 hour shifts for the next few weeks. trying to get through all of these ballots. today, they are trying to process 61,000 ballots from across the county, 7000 of those cast in the san jose mayor's race where matt mahan widened his lead by only about 100 votes with the release of today's numbers. last night, as his lead was increasing, opponent cindy chavez blasted current mayor sam accardo , who endorsed mayhem. >> i hold meryl accardo responsible for two things, number one for trying to damage my reputation in the community, but second, for bringing the discourse to an

cindy chavez is facing off against matt meehan. here is a look at the latest results. the councilmember has 32% of the vote, leading right now. supervisor chavez has 48% of the vote. one key issue is homelessness. they both say this is a priority. they have different plans to address it. chavez is down, but not out. a lot of votes need to be counted. we know that the outgoing mayor endorsed matt meehan. >> merely accardo , his pack, and a few others spent $2 million telling people , distorting my record and trying to damage my reputation pretty directly. i think what is hard for voters is to discern all the information that they get , and to really know who to trust. what i would actually say , i do hold the mayor responsible for two things, one for trying to damage my reputation in the community, and for bringing discourse to an incredibly new low in san jose. as a community, we need to just trust us. what we don't want to do is discourage people from running for office. >> we talked homelessness. the plan for chavez plans on permanent housing. she did make a good poi

but supervisor cindy chavez says she realized the deficit was simply too great and the remaining votes too few to offer her path to victory. >> i want to thank supervisor chavez first for the call. it was nice to hear from her and a gracious concession. i think it's the best of our democracy. >> reporter: supervisor chavez called the mayor elect around 11:00 a.m. to concede. bringing an end to a bruising hard fought campaign and a long week of vote counting. supervisor chavez was gracious, but clearly disappointed it in defeat. >> of course, i'm disappointed. i really, really believe even today that i would be the best person to be able to get that work done, you know, whether it is cleaning san jose up, making it safer, getting affordable housing built. >> reporter: the mayor elect and supervisor chavez says many of the same priorities, homelessness, affordable housing, and public safety. but the different approaches and the plans to tackling those issues. mahan says the challenges loom large as the state and possibly the country head into an economic downturn. >> my focus on accounta

and justin campbell is with cindy chavez. justin. >> yeah, can. the chavez just about 20 minutes ago and she told me this is not exactly how she expected it to go tonight. he was very transparent and upfront about that. mahan has a little bit more of a lead. it is neck to neck. she knew it would be a tight race. he told his supporters that are here and i want you to get a good look. step to the side so you can see all of her supporters that are here. she said there there are he wanted them to hunker down because she knew that the race would be very tight into time here as the results come in tonight. now take a listen to what she said just a little while ago about the honor. and i still feel very positive. for it's not so much just about the outcome of the election. it's about the coalition. we brought together the vision for santa and in spite of literally having a million dollars attacking the very things i and attacking me personally we're still in this race. that's pretty >> so far to talk a little bit about the numbers, the ballot counting pro

santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez is trailing behind with 49% of the vote. and in santa clara county, lisa gilmore has a razor thin edge over anthony becker. gilmore has more than 51% of the vote. while becker is trailing closely with nearly 50% ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters live now in san jose, after speaking with santa clara county's registrar of voters, lamonica. julie there are still over 125,000 ballots that have to be counted and the register says that that has to be done carefully, and it's going to take some time. all hands on deck. we election day we had around 244,000 unprocessed ballots we've been since then we've been working. we even work through veterans day and throughout the weekend from seven am to seven pm staff members in santa clara county are working every day to process the 126,000 ballots still remaining on monday. if you see these blue head of cards back here, it's everything's organized in different precincts , so we don't typically focused. on just each city. everything is in random order as we pull and count, so it's not

matt mahan still holds a slim lead over supervisor cindy chavez, just under 2% is mahan's lead. in santa clara now, incumbent mayor lisa gillmor leading over city councilman anthony becker, who is being endorsed heavily by the 49ers. former palo alto police chief bob johnson with a slim lead over kevin jensen. a lot still unfolding. joining us, our political analyst larry gerston. i guess the simple question, whether will we actually know the results in san jose? >> we may not know until the last day. you're talking about a close race. there's still about 20% of the ballots out there. it looks more and more like matt mahan may win because the count has been rather consistent. there's only one time out of all the drops when his lead shrunk. other than that, every time a little bit, a little bit, and you begin to think maybe he's going to continue to gain a little bit. at the moment, he's the favorite, but you never know where that last batch of ballots may come from. so cindy chavez has to keep her hopes up too. >> i presume both candidates aren't going to offer any concession un

matt mahan had a slim lead over cindy chavez. at last check, there were still waiting for new numbers from santa clara county will continue to keep you posted on all the races. >> san francisco supervisor dean preston is office announced a win for affordable housing. the city will acquire the building at 600 van ness avenue to create nearly 170 affordable housing units. these units will be permanently rent-controlled is part of the deal to develop district 5 supervisor preston says the real estate deal would include a new high school, new housing on franklin street. this a portable housing building on van ness. >> for your help tonight, the cdc is now tracking a new covid variant. this one's known as b n one strain is another offshoot of the omicron variant. some 4.3% of cases are now linked to bn one, according to the agency across the country. it's most here in the western part of the u.s. the counting for a little more than 6% of new cases in arizona, california, hawaii and nevada. >> stuffing gravy in turkey might be top of y

matt mahan has a very small lead over cindy chavez.ce for mayor, of course, am a cart of the past. mayor is being termed out. >> and those are very preliminary numbers of precinct numbers have been coming in. those generally the mail in ballots. but let's check in with our reporter who's with matt may has campaign tonight. amanda hari standing by look, look yes, turned out and also he endorsed matt mahan. >> was and i asked if you would be here tonight. he will not be here. he is out of town, but people here were very excited. just a very short time ago as we got a look at those first numbers, i believe that up on the screen behind me here right now, as you can see, matt mahan has a small lead over his opponent. very small, 50.0, 3, 8%, to 49.6 to everyone here was very excited when those initial numbers came out. mahan is currently a city council member. he says the first issue he would address if he's elected mayor is dealing with number of people experiencing homelessness. he says it's not only inhumane those experiencing homelessne

cindy chavez with 48%. 91% of the votes have been counted so far.e'll see where this goes as they continue to count every last one. and it looks oakland has a new mayor, but it's not certified yet. we just know that they went through 10 candidates and rain choice voting and at this point now it is lauren taylor with 53. >> percent of the low again, that has to be certified. >> 8.35 32 get ahead of myself there. let's talk about the propositions. yes, some of the big ones on the ballot that you saw yesterday included, of course, prop one that was probably the one that got the most headlines with governor newsom advocating for it. that's the proposition that was put before voters in the wake of the overturn of roe v wade by the supreme court and this proposition would have enshrined in the state constitution, a woman's right to access abortion care if she desires. and that was overwhelmingly approved by voters. 65% saying yes. and then there were the 2 competing dueling get it gaming proposition. so basically, if you look here, prop 26 failed and then

that's much like his fellow democrat challenger, santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez. she congratulated mehan and wished him good luck. after determining she narrowly lost the election. i'm obviously disappointed i wanted so, um much to be able to serve the residents of san jose as mayor of san jose. i'm blessed that i'm still on the board of supervisors, so i'm going to get an opportunity to continue to work on public safety and affordable housing and housing. the homeless in particular. chavez has two more years to serve on the board of supervisors. she said she is not ruling out another run for mayor in the next election. we're going to hear more from her and san jose's new mayor coming up new at six but for now live in san jose brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news. i will see you in the next hour. brooks thank you. we are keeping our eyes on other key races across the bay area that remained too close to call in the race for oakland mayor lauren taylor maintains a slight lead over xiang tao, civil rights attorney pamela price has widened her lead over prosecutor terry wi

we now know who the next mayor of san jose will be today, santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez conceded the race to council member matt mehan. the latest results show mayhem leading by more than 2% points. ktvu is brooks jarocz spoke with both candidates about the tight race. after a week of counting ballots. matt mehan is san jose's new mayor. i'm excited. i mean, it's been, it's been kind of a blur mayhem is a relative newcomer to politics. a former tech executive, he was elected as san jose city council just two years ago and backed by outgoing mayor sam liccardo spoke to us one on one, vowing to follow through on his campaign promises on day one in the city's top job. one of the things that i ran on was the idea of greater focus. setting public goals, posting them on the city website measuring our performance and tying our pay raises to progress, aiming to reduce crime and homelessness. while the candidates visions varied. the race between the two democrats was tight. santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez called mayhem wednesday afternoon to concede and wish him good l

cindy chavez with 48% of the vote tonight. these results are expected to be updated very soon .e we will bring them to you. the santa clara county sheriff's office will have new leadership . former palo alto police chief bob johnson has the edge right now against retired sheriff's captain kevin jensen. here's a look at the numbers. it's a very close race with johnson with 51.5% jensen coming in at 48.5. and at this hour, another race that is still too close to call is for mayor in the city of santa clara. but in this matchup the san francisco 40 niners have been active in supporting and opposing the two main candidates . ktvu is mark sayer live now in santa clara, with the details. good evening, mark. well good evening, julie with the latest update, just within the hour only 166 votes separate the top two candidates, of course. the city the home of levi stadium, the 49ers and the city have had sort of a cantankerous relationship over the years. so the 49ers have a dog in the fight in the terms of plenty of money. good afternoon, everyone and welcome to santa clara mayor lisa gil

millions of dollars being spent on the mayor's race between cindy chavez and matt mahan. ntime, member of santa clara county board of supervisors. so both with you know, political experience under their belts. what will you be paying attention to in this race? >> well, i think what we've all been paying attention to the fact that this is this is very much a replay in some ways of a lot of what's happening in silicon valley between certain what's called all democrats, which is the labor you to the traditional back on the democratic party and new democrat, which is that, which is tech money and comes from a tech background someone i actually says it's going to be bring business principles to the governments of san jose to chavez who's been on the council. i know i know the board of supervisors to quite some time is bringing her depth experience and strength that clash. this is nothing new. we're actually going to see a little bit in oakland as well. but i think you know, we're just going to it's it's it's a toss up. the polls are very close. there's a lot of negatives ads ar

know who's san jose's next mayor will be the latest election day numbers show matt mehan leading cindy chavez2 to 48% mehan at this point has almost 4800 more votes than chavez, but with almost half of the votes that were cast still uncounted, this race is far from over tonight. it dr pm. the count. the registrar of voters will release the next batch of election results. now the race to become san jose's next mayor was one of the most expensive in bay area history. $5 million raised by cindy chavez. three million raised by matt mayhem. so we don't know what the outcome is yet and we need to let the democratic process play out. but just it was. it was very validating to know that our message of greater focus greater accountability for results on issues like homelessness, crime and affordable housing really resonated cindy chavez right after the polls closed, was not immediately available for one on one interview, but she did release this statement, quote. it was a spirited campaign, and it's critically important that every vote is counted. while we don't yet know the outcome of this race, my f

getting a lot of attention right now is in the south bay one supervisor cindy chavez and councilman matt mehan won replace outgoing mayor sam liccardo ktvu is lamonica peters has been tracking both campaigns. she joins us live in san jose. with what they're saying tonight, lamonica. yeah mike and julie. this race is expected to be tight. and that is that exactly what it's been tonight. it's too close to call about an hour ago, there were about 1100 votes difference between the two with matt pulling ahead at about 50% and cindy at 49% i'm here at cindy chavez is headquarters where she had a watch party and she just came out a couple of minutes ago. and told us that she would not be speaking to her supporters again tonight because it's just too close to call. so she still has a few dozen people here. and while she was here, she talked about the coalition that she was able to build in her history here in san jose, and how she hopes to be able to continue as mayor, building coalitions and improving the city now earlier at matt, may hands watch party we spoke with him. and he talked about his

this is cindy chavez and i am running for mayor of san jose. was calling to talk to you about the election. cindy chavez, a mat mayhem are reflecting on what last year has been like during the campaign. i feel like, you know, being mayor of san jose and running should be hard right . it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice. think we've started a movement for common sense policy change that much needed and win or lose that that effort is going to continue. both chavez and mayhem will be at their campaign headquarters as votes are tallied tuesday night just after eight p.m. the latest polls show that there is no front runner and the race for san jose's next mayor is too close to call. we are certainly fighting an uphill battle against an established career politician, but we've been offering new solutions, a change in direction, and the community seems to be really responding to that. so even though we've been outspent significantly, i like our chances. chavez says the race has allowed her

he is nearly leading cindy chavez. lena howell and his live outside san jose city hall with more on this. >> good morning. the numbers do show that san jose city councilmember matt may hand is in the lead now in the race for the next mayor of san jose. it is still too close to call. they are holding a narrow lead against santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez. he addressed the crowd at his watch party last night and says he's waiting for all the votes to be counted. no matter who wins, they will have to continue to work together, with one of them being mayor and the other remaining in their current position. he explained how the collaboration would look moving forward. >> after elections, elected officials have a responsibility for coming together, trying to understand what the electorate was telling them, working together to solve problems. i'm committed to finding the solutions we need. >> it is very easy to feel let down when things don't go exactly the way you wanted them to but the thing i know is that -- and

cindy chavez considered the race yesterday after his leader widened. abc7 news reporter amanda biggest ilya has been following us -- amanda has been following this. reporter: matt is that to serve as the next mayor. cindy chavez conceding to have. >> she was gracious and i thanked her for her years of service. while it was a hard-fought and contentious race, we have to work together. reporter: more than 6000 votes are all that separated the two. for the second time in her career, travis has run successfully -- has run unsuccessfully for mayor. >> voters decide what is best for their families. i'm going to honor that. reporter: matt meehan attended high school in san jose. >> i grew up in a working class community and it was the work scholarship here that helped me. after college -- gloria: after college -- reporter: college, he returned as a teacher in east san jose. current mayor sam liccardo voted to endorse mahan. >> doing the job as mayor, i'm confident he will do a great job. he will be tough to beat. reporter: what is next for you? >> i guess i w

. >>> and cindy chavez running for mayor of san jose filled out her ballot in a booth and turned it in as journalists looked on. chavez is the current supervisor. cbs-5 reports that the race for san jose mayor is one of the biggest contests in the south bay and the info that you need on getting your vote counted today. >> reporter: inside the registrar of voters' office in santa clara county. this year, workers are coming in and are business. and this is after the ballots have been verified. and i want to show you over here this is where they will escort your ballots before they are counted. and there was early voting underway in santa clara county. there are more than 100 vote centers to vote in person located throughout the campus and more than 100 ballot drop boxes that you can drop off your ballots here and throughout the county as well. to find out where the locations are you can go to sccvote.org. and we are told that third% of registered voters have already voted through the mail-in ballots. they are expecting around 55 to 65% voter turn out for santa clara county. and that is h

mayoral candidate cindy chavez both have is of experience working in the south bay. chavez was unable to speak today but told us last week there is no insider or outsider as they have both worked in leadership roles. she recognizers that she recognizes voters one change. >>>> we have got to see san jose clean if we won it safer. that requires a level of experience and relationships in the community that will allow us to move a lot of people in a better direction. >> jensen recognizes he is seen as the insider. >> i think people are looking for change diving: for change for 12 years. it is hard to get people to understand the nuances of arrays and not just the topical here is a little bit about each race. i'm going to make my vote. >> political science professor melinda jackson told us even if the candidates don't fit their insider outsider mode, she thinks voters are making their feelings known. >> voters are becoming impatient and wanting faster progress on these issues. >> the registrar of voters is trying to process the majority of ballots within the next week. >>

city councilman mad mehan declared victory in the mayor's race in san jose after his opponent, cindy chavez conceded in that very tight race ballots are still being counted and the latest election results show mehan leading chavez by almost 3% points. ktvu brooks jarocz talked to both. the candidates. after a week of counting ballots . matt mehan is san jose's new mayor. i'm excited. i mean, it's been, it's been kind of a blur in is a relative newcomer to politics. a former tech executive, he was elected to san jose city council just two years ago and backed by outgoing mayor sam liccardo. mehan spoke to us one on one, vowing to follow through on his campaign promises on day one in the city's top job . one of the things that i ran on was the idea of greater focus. setting public goals, posting them on the city website measuring our performance and tying our pay raises to progress , aiming to reduce crime and homelessness. while the candidates visions varied. the race between the two democrats was tight. santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez called mayhem wednesday afternoon to concede

cindy chavez is conceding the race with 90% of the vote counted. mayhem leads by 6000 votes. we have more on the story, later today. >>> we have details with flu season, santa clara health officials are sounding the alarm about a rough flu season. piercing and uptick of influenza in the wastewater. they are releasing a new tool to track flu and respiratory virus levels so you can follow the spread and help mitigate it. >> please stay home, do not send your child to daycare or school, and do not go to work. this is the easiest way to spread the infection to other people and increase the burden on healthcare systems. >>> this is the first winter that they have high levels of respiratory virus levels and increased d-ers. >>> they want be on aranvid. t sitivity rate the 5% to 6% range. the land latino communities are helping with free vaccines to try to help working families. >>> even though we want to recover, we want the economy to do well, but we do not want to forget about the disparities that covid-19 really uncovered. >> we went with one woman that went early in the morning

. >> the county supervisor, cindy chavez is trailing matt meehan by 4600 votes. >>> you invited your friends to become part of the revolution of common sense. you fought for it. you fought with purpose and passion. >> chavez thanked her supporters as the boats began to roll in. >> democracy is so powerful. i am eternally grateful to all of you. if you could raise your hands, the campaign staff. [ applause ] wow. >>> more clarity in the mayor's race in oakland. loren taylor is leading by 6.5 points. the other eight candidates have been eliminated in the ranked choice voting. >> i am here to serve and deliver for all of oakland. one promise i can keep, and i will meet you, i will do everything in my power to ensure the oakland remains a beacon of hope and opportunity. >> sheng thao thanked her supporters and send a special shout out to her partner. >> my partner takes care of her kids. i am pretty sure that he will be happy that he gets a break from taking care of the kids. not just that, it is nice. i can visit with family again. >> in san francisco, brooke jenkins is looking like she

supervisors cindy chavez and councilman matt m. are facing off, looking to replace the mayor, who termed out of office. matt has a slightly. more results will be released at 5 p.m. >> san francisco results are still pending but crime and accountability swayed in favor of the mayor. kristen: brooke jenkins declared herself the winner of that race. larry: our abc7 news reporter takes a look at what this means for the mayor's plans moving forward. reporter: when the community saw a spike in hate crimes, chinatown fought back with community controls and later going to the polls to vote. so it was no surprise that chinatown was mayor london b.'s first following yesterday's elections. accompanied by the district attorney, brooke jenkins. >> we care about reforms. we know people have challenges. we know people deserve certain chance -- deserve second chances. but when those lines are crossed, where's the accountability? reporter: jenkins declared herself the winner, while outlining her plans moving forward. >> it is to put my foot on the

you see matt mahan and cindy chavez. again, these are mail-in votes. so it's 50 50, but the precinct numbers have not come in. so we still have a ways to go on that. yeah, there's more than a million people who live in san jose. we have only about 100,000 votes right there. so you can tell. >> many more votes to count. let's check in with what's going on at the matt mahan headquarters. kron four's amanda hari standing by with that. he spoke just a couple of minutes ago. amanda, what he have to say. >> you just spoke to us and people are very excited to hear from him because here's our high here. things are going well. he is currently ahead in the polls. you can see there's a lot of people behind me here right now. >> everyone just very happy said we likely won't know the results for days, but he started behind in the race. he says he told the truth about homelessness and at san jose needs to change its approach. change policing as well and many more housing and need to improve how they handle mental illness in the city. >> he says he was outspent by ne

supervisor cindy chavez facing off with city council man matt mahan. here's a look at the latest results with matt mahan leading 52% to chavez's 48%. and 91 precincts reporting, it is a tight race and a lot of votes are still being counted as well. >>> you know, his pac and a couple of other pacs spent a million dollars telling people, really distorting my record. that is something, as a community, we need to discuss. what we don't want to do is discourage people from running for office. >>> when it comes to homelessness, chavez's plan focuses more on permanent housing, mahan's on emergency shelters. arson, mahan made a good point yesterday. there are key issues residents are paying attention to. people want to see solutions. >> where going to have to come towing after this election to solve problems. whichever one of us is ultimately mayor is going to have to bring people together and put forward pragmatic solutions and be accountable for results. i'm going to sleep in tomorrow morning. i haven't done that in about a year. >>> and you can tell he is h

in san jose, city councilman matt mahan liens leads cindy chavez . and mayor lee said gilmore leads becker by a single percentage point in gilmore's favor, her lead is 250 votes. in oakland, loren taylor leads sheng thao by about five percentage points. taylor also leads in the ranked choice voting. but many votes are still being tabulated, so we expect an update on monday. and we will follow all election results locally and nationally as they come in, watching the balance of power and seeing where it's going to land. you can find up dates on kpix 5, cbs news bay area, and kpix.com. >>> student loan borrowers across the country are kind of stuck in limbo right now after a federal court struck down president joe biden's student loan forgiveness program. the court said it was all legal. illegal. the program was technically on hold following an appeals court ruling in a super challenge. >>> it's been a whirlwind of change at san francisco-based twitter. elon musk took the helm and has faced job cuts, fake accounts, and several other issues. more on the

registrar voters shows a city councilman matt man, slightly pulling ahead of county supervisor cindy chavez by 4766 votes. chavez raised about $5 million during the campaign compared to may hands. $3 million in support the day before the election, chavez talked about the tight race ahead. mayor of san jose, and running should be hard right. it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice, has released a statement on wednesday, saying it was a spirit to campaign and it's critically important that every vote is counted. while we don't yet know the outcome of this race, my focus remains on representing my community on the board of supervisors, so we don't know what the outcome is yet and we need to let the democratic process play out, but just it was. it was very validating to know that our message of greater focus greater accountability for results on issues like homelessness, crime and affordable housing really resonated, mehan says, because about half of the votes still need to be counted. he's cautiously waiting on the final results. i don'

matt mahan's lead over cindy chavez has shrunk to just under two points, and it was nearly three points just yesterday. it is an even closer contest if we had to santa clara, where fewer than 600 separate lisa gilmore from challenger anthony becker. the nfl has played a strange starring role in all of this race. the 49ers owner has put hundreds of thousands of dollars into the effort to unseat the mayor. meanwhile, miami dolphins owner stephen ross, is backing the incumbent. his real estate company is developing a project in santa clara. head over to santa clara county, where we still don't know who is taking over for libby schaff as the next mayor of oakland. shang tao is a still trailing fellow city councilmember lauren taylor, but not by quite as much as it was because you can see there, she made up about 400 votes in the latest round of ranked choice calculations. as we head to livermore, john marchand just widened his lead over mony nop, to 615 votes. the two had been on pins and needles when the last count separated them by hundreds of votes. >> reporter: john marchand is well kno

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another update on the race between cindy chavez is not expected until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow.orter connected with both campaigns on their hopes. reporter: too close to call, by wednesday evening, more than 4700 votes is all that separated the mayoral candidates. updated posts show relative newcomer, matt mahan, narrowly leading the race. >> however this plays out, i will be on the city council, and i want to be in the process to lead the city forward. reporter: i sat down with him on wednesday. he is optimistic but understands 50% of ballots have yet to be counted. it is a proces san jose state political professor says could take a week to complete. >> we are down to a few hundred or thousand votes to make the difference, we want to make sure every vote is counted. reporter: a sentiment echoed by both campaigns. chavez released a statement telling abc 7 news, while we do not know the outcome of the race, my focus remains on representing my community on the board of supervisors. with focus on the tight race, county election officials answered questions on what would trigger an

mahan with 51% of the vote, while cindy chavez has just under 49%. and, man, just sent out a statement saying in part, this has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but what unites us as a city is more powerful than visions from a political contest. he says the mission is to work together for common sense solutions to fight crime, make our city more affordable, clean up san jose, and hold ourselves accountable as elected officials for results. mahan is a relative newcomer to san jose politics, serving his first term on city council, while chavez has held elected office in the south bay, since 1998 pick chavez, conceding the race this afternoon. >> of course i am just a disappointed candidate . i thought i would be the best person to get that work done, whether it is cleaning san jose, making san jose safer, getting affordable housing going. >> all the members of san jose city council endorsed chavez, so it will be interesting to see how matt mahan is able to work with the moving forward , reed. >>> pg&e are working at this hour to restore power to m

matt mahan is still holding the 3.5 lead over supervisor cindy chavez. it is still separating them. lisa gilmore is just 250 points ahead over anthony becker. and then in san francisco, counting is far from over. the reported results from less than $10,000. more than 130,000 still need to be processed. it will probably be weeks before all the u.s. senate races are settled. control of the u.s. house leans republican. we still do not have answers in some key battlegrounds from coast to coast. we will follow the election results as they come in. you can find updates here on kpix 5 , cbs news bay area, and at kpix.com. >>> the dust of the midterm election is beginning to settle. we are getting a break after a year of political ads, debates, and more. one psychologist says it is time to unplug and refocus and let go of all that stress. he says the contentious atmosphere like an election can make many of us use our field and brain instead of our thinking brain. >> that is a very engaging part of our brain and we really need to balance it and give ourselves some time to relax and disconnec

cindy chavez was supported by her fellow city council members and labor groups.he next batch of vote results is expected today at five pm now. outgoing san jose mayor sam liccardo is part of a bay area group in egypt for the global climate summit. this comes after local officials met virtually to discuss their commitment to lead the net zero initiative. mayor liccardo held a virtual meeting to examine the net zero initiative. he's challenging every us city and county to step up their commitment in combating climate change. the race to zero challenge, urges local governments to implement science backed high impact actions in electricity generation transportation and to build to achieve the goal. we want to encourage those cities. they're not made commitments for significant change by 2030 do so at this time through its accardo pledged last year to make the city carbon neutral by 2030. the california public utilities commission is updating its plan to regulate solar on rooftops. the new net metering proposal would reduce the amount people are paid for the power of

cindy chavez. she's just behind him. she has still 48% of the votes that have been counted so far. avez the county supervisor and longtime politician who won her first election here to the city council in 1998 and may. hannah city councilman elected in 2020 after coming from the business world are both vying to replace outgoing mayor sam liccardo in the bay area's largest city that you have raised a combined $8.5 million over the course of the campaign. and both candidates were still campaigning until polls close last night, reflecting on what this tight race has been like at their election watch parties. do you and i know what we can do together that we really can make the city healthy again. we really can stop the divides between people. we really can build affordable housing. we can clean san jose up and i'm committed to doing that. people want change. people believe in san jose. they care deeply about this city and we've been heading in the wrong direction and need to reset our approach to issues like homelessness and crime, and i think people are just are looking for a way to g

back here at home, it is a final push for san jose mayoral candidates, cindy chavez and matt mahan. the 2 of them are locked in a tight race to be the south bay city's first new mayor in almost a decade for justin campbell joins us now live from san jose city hall. after speaking with both candidates on. >> just how plan to improve the city just and what did they tell you? >> yeah, that's right. ken and grant, we are just 4 days away from election day. both of those candidates very busy today making their final push to voters on why either one of them should be chosen to lead the 3rd largest city in california. >> santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez. the number one issue is really public safety and san jose city council member matt mahan, homelessness is undoubtedly the biggest challenge we face both differ on what issue they think should come first in addressing the concerns of san jose voters. chavez first would like to hire more police officers and beef up emergency services and its public safety. and we have a lot of people who are concerned that when they down 9-1-1, the