. >> sam liccardo said he spoke to dave cortese over the phone but says dave cortese does not concede the race. sam electric lick knows that there are more votes that still need to be counseled but about 45 minutes ago he made the bold move of declaring victory. >> it is my great honor to declare as the 66th mayor. >> he announced that at campaign headquarters. liccardo said it is time to move past the contentious election and work for the city and reached out to the police officer association and the south bay labor council to discuss the future. right now, liccardo leads core address by 2,100 votes. santa clara registrar voters office started counting 120,000 or sore mail-in ballots, half from san jose enough to swing the race between liccardo and the supervisor dave cortese. >> here is what i know: i am not an expert but i do know that when pollsters take samples they take sample on the order of 400 or 500 or 600 voters. we have a simple of 100,000 voters. >> i reached tout dave cortese several times and have yet to hear back. last night he told us going from behind to in front is

right now santa clara county supervisor dave cortese trails by 2200 votes. no one is making any victory or concession speeches yet. >> we have a lot of confidence that we were winning the grassroots war in the precincts. that's going to show up before the end of the day. so -- >> we knew we were going to be up against a machine and we saw hundreds of thousands of dollars coming in from unions in new york and sacramento all over trying to tell our voters how our city should be run. i'm just thrilled that our residents are standing up for san jose. >> reporter: rebuilding the police department has been the number one issue. dave cortese believes ongoing fighting with the police union and the court battle over pension reforms is driving cops away. sam liccardo wants to fight for pension reforms in court saying without them, there would be no money to fund the police department or the rest of the city for that matter. both candidates kept it upbeat last night. we are hearing that an unknown number of absentee ballots were dropped off at the registrar of voters l

here are the latest, sam liccardo is leading dave cortese 51% of the votes to cortese's 49%. you can see the numbers right there. just over 100,000, close to 110,000 people have voted in the san jose mayoral race, with a roughly 2,000, 2,100-vote lead, sam liccardo appears to be, he will be the next mayor of san jose. i say appears, because these are unofficial results and there are still last-minute mail-in ballots that need to be counted. as it stands, liccardo has not declared victory and his opponent, dave cortese, has not conceded defeat. both appeared before supporters last night and this is what they had to say. >> we started 20 points behind in the polls, remember that? and we knew we'd be taking on a formidable machine, and we all knew this wasn't going to be an easy task. >> powerful campaign, it's been a powerful campaign. i don't know what more we can do, i don't know, both sides were going at it with every resource we could possibly come up with. >> the race for san jose mayor centered around how to build the san jose police department, which shed officers over t

por otro lado su adversario, dave cortese sigue optimista y dijo lo siguiente: take sot con vo/luceroe dice: se lo debemos a ellos especialmente porque hemos dicho una y otra vez, el ltimo mes que cada voto cuenta . mientras que liccardo asegur que la comunidad ha pasado por una batalla poltica contenciosa y es tiempo de dejar todo eso atrs... take next vo mientras los candidatos definen quin gan en san jos... otra contienda que est reñida es por la curul del distrito 17.. y es que an no se define quin la ocupar... ya que el congresista mike honda tiene una ventaja de cuatro puntos sobre ro khanna... y todava hay miles de boletas por ser contadas al igual que boletas provisionales... es por esto los candidatos han sido prudentes y ninguno de los dos se ha declarado triunfador por el momento... lucero on camera escuchamos decir una y otra vez que cada voto cuenta y precisamente en estas elecciones vemos que ese es el caso y una vez mas muestra la importancia de que aquellos quienes puedan votar lo hagan put placeholder here 0:01 (quick) 0:05 (quick) pregunta anchors for lucero lucero,

that's why dave cortese says he waited almost a week to concede. >> it's disappointing. we were representing tens of thousands of people who wanted to see dave cortese elected mayor. >> reporter: dave cortese resolute in his decision to concede in the race for mayor of san jose to sam liccardo. >> i told him where he comes out with positions that i can support i will be vocal in affirming the direction he's going. >> reporter: we asked liccardo about the direction he plans to take as mayor of the nation's tenth largest city. >> we're going to sit down with anyone who wants to sit down with me about how we can bring people together. certainly starting with the heads of several of our unions and work particularly on rebuilding our police department. >> reporter: a department that needs to be rebuilt. san jose lost over 400 police officers. the crime rate is going up when it comes to robberies and homicides. and keeping good cops and attracting new ones has been a problem. >> nobody was talking about public safety when i entered this race. >> a proposal already exists for u

sam liccardo has 2,100 vote lead over dave cortese. here at the registrar of voters in santa clara county they say they have a lot more mail in ballots still to be counted. that could swing the election the other way. 120,000 mail in ballots need to be counted with a third estimated in the san jose area. tens of thousands of votes are still to be counted in the race. sam liccardo and dave cortese announced there will be time before it is clear who won. the registrar will count starting today and plan on updates before 5:00 p.m. [ inaudible ] >> this ising a interesting map, showing the precincts where the canadas receives the most, green is liccardo and blue is cortese would won a majority of the east san jose and liccardo when a majority of the west precincts and the regular star says it will take four weeks to certify the vote december 2. that is when they will be official. either candidate could call for a recount. >> turning now to the other nightmare's race, in oakland, nows need to be counted but libby schaaf pulled away to repla

sam liccardo and dave cortese said this will be time before the winner is clear. they will count the mail ins today and plan on updates before 5 p.m. >> 2,000 votes is not over until you are down counting the 120,000 more votes. >> with a contest this close the number of ballots we have can make a difference. >>> an interesting map from the registrar showing the precincts where each candidate received the most: green is liccardo and blue is cortese. cortese won a majority of the east san jose and liccardo won the majority of west san jose. the regular exterior has four weeks to certify the election which is december 2. if the race is still closes one of candidates could ask for a recount but they have to pay for it. >>> the other nightmare's -- the other tight race for mayor, libby schaaf has the lead with 62.8 percent of the vote and kaplan came in 2nd with 37 percent and schaaf receive add boost with key endorsements and governor brown and senator boxer and schaaf declared victory on twitter saying he is honored by the results and the people are clear they are l

i got off the phone with dave cortese and he's conceded the race. he tells me he has not been able to make up the 1% difference that separated him from getting a majority of the votes and after watching the mail-in ballots being counted and seeing he was not going to make up that difference he decided to concede the mayoral race, even though there are provisionary ball loots and other ballots still being counted that would make up the difference. he doesn't believe that he can do that so he is decided to make that conciliation. he said he needed to do that for his supporters who have been waiting all this time to make sure that their votes were counted and that he made his best effort to complete the race. he feels like he's done that now. dave cortese told me he got off the phone with sam liccardo who congratulated him on running a terrific race, and he says that they exchanged pleasantries. but he said that he did officially congratulate sam on his victory. again, just a few minutes ago, i got off the phone with dave cortese who says he has offici

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dave cortese has support of the police officer's union. he would have reknowned the pension reform.opponent, city council member sam liccardo is a supporter of measure (b) and says the out-of-control pension costs forced the city toly off city officers and workers and helped the city to get financial stability saving san jose $50 million. besides mayor three other city council seats are up for grabs and polls open at 7:00. >> rare for mayor in oakland is a hot one on this election day. it is a ranked choice so the canidate with the top votes may not become the mayor. the combination of a chose race and thousands of uncounted ballots could delay the results so we may not have a winner by tonight. 14 candidates are running against the current mayor quan who has been criticized over her handling of the occupy protest and the police force. >>> a congressional race is going down to the wire with conflicting polls on who is ahead in the race for the 17th district congressional seat with democrat challenging the 7 turn honda and a third of the voters are not decided. the justice department

the latest results show sam liccardo is ahead of dave cortese by 2.1%. he pulled ahead a bit there. ccardo now is ahead of cortese by about 2500 votes. last month we reported that the san jose police union was predicting that up to 200 police officers would quit if liccardo was elect. we checked back in with the police union. >> i can't sustain like this. it's too much on the family. it's too much on me. >> reporter: officer franco vado spent the last 19 years serving the city of san jose. he says he is ready to quit if liccardo wins the mayor's race after years of paycuts and long workweeks. >> it's time for healing in the city and rebuild bridges. >> reporter: the councilman is ready to rebuild trust with the union but the union supports cortese. it's already predicted a mass exodus of officers. >> grumbling in the hall, everybody is waiting until tuesday. that was what you heard. tuesday we'll know what our future holds. and a lot of people were -- said, if it's sam, i'm done. i'm leaving. >> reporter: to that, liccardo says? >> we are going to get to work on ensuring that we can

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sam liccardo has a narrow lead. 51% over 49% of dave cortese. those two candidates. >> and it looks like change is in the air for oakland's mayor. an official winner has not been declared, but after 15 rounds of rank choice voting, libby schaaf has 62% of the votes, rebecca kaplan has 37%. current mayor jean quan was eliminated in the 14th round. official winner has not yet been declared. that is going to do it for us right now. all the latest election information coming up in just 25 minutes. >> also find it on nbcbayarea.com. have a great day. >>> good morning. republican rout. riding a wave of voter anger across the country, the gop grabs full control of congress for the first time in eight years. >> it's time to turn this country around! >> we are going to make them squeal! >> so, what does the historic night mean with the 2016 presidential race looming? new jersey's governor, chris christie, is with us in our studio, live. >>> breaking overnight, new video tied to the chilling abduction of that woman in pennsylvania. one of the women shakin

councilman sam liccardo is claiming victory in the san jose mayor's race over county supervisor dave cortese. >> i'm making this announcement because i think it's time for us to move beyond the election day battles. it's time for healing in the city. >> reporter: cortese was not available today but hasn't changed his stance that with only about 2,000 votes separating the candidates, the race is still too close to call. >> we want to win and we think it's important that we win. >> reporter: here's why he is not conceding. box after box of uncounted ballots at the registrar of voters office anywhere from 120,000 to 150,000 vote by mail ballots that were dropped off yesterday. add to that about 14,000 provisional ballots. machines are tallying some, others are being counted by hand. >> we have in our results on tuesday night, we had all of the vote by mail ballots that we had received on monday in that count. so we are literally getting half of our entire vote count received on one day. >> that was len ramirez reporting. also too close to call tonight the democrat on democrat congressional race

dave cortese and city council member liccardo are seeking ways to add sworn officers which is at lows. it could determine the future of the relationship between the city council and the san jose police officers association which sparred with the city council in recent years over control of the costs of police and fire pensions. >> we may not know for several days who could win in oakland mayoral's race. it is, extremely close. thousands of ballots will need to be counted so an unofficial winner may not be declared. 14 candidates are running against mayor quan who has been criticized over her handling of the occupy protests and the city's police force. >> a hot issue in the elections^, to tax or not to tax. two cities are trying to become the first-in-the-nation to have voters approve a soda surcharge. nick? >>> we are talking about berkeley and san francisco. the berkeley measure imposed a penny an ounce on soda and only need as simple majority to pass. in san francisco, it will be tougher: two pennies an ounce and requires two-thirds of the vote. if you buy a 12 ounce can of so ask i

right now dave cortese trails by 2200 votes.the precincts reporting, nobody making any victory or concession speeches last night. >> we have a lot of confidence that we were winning the war in the precincts. that's going to show up before the end of the day. >> we knew we were going to be up against a machine and we saw hundreds of thousands of dollars coming in from unions in new york and sacramento all over, trying to tell our voters how our city should be run. i'm thrilled our residents are standing up for san jose. >> reporter: rebuilding the police department has been the number one issue in the election. dave cortese believes the ongoing fighting with the police union and the court battle over pension reforms is driving cops to other departments. liccardo wants pension reforms to be fought for in court. he said there would be no money to fund the city if they don't. no official word from twitter or facebook. but liccardo's campaign manager says they are cautiously optimistic that they will prevail in this election. >> how

we spoke to dave cortese's campaign manager. and they, too, are watching this closely. they believe that cortese still has a chance. he had his share of supporters. they were all hoping for a defin tish win. here's what they said. >> it feels great. we've worked so hard. so many volunteers and so passionate about creating the great future in the city. we went up against a powerful machine. with money coming in across the country, we're in this thing. >> it's very exciting. this is a classic de la fuente really a classic barnburner kind of race. everybody in san jose should have been engaged and hopefully now people are paying attention. >> reporter: liccardo has just a lead of roughly 2,000 votes. but tens of thousands of ballots from all around the county still need to be counted. that process will start later today. we're unclear of exactly how many of those 100,000 bal potts are for san jose. but liccardo has been viewed as the candidate who will keep san jose on the same path as current mayor chuck reed. he has butted heads with the police and firefighters' union bec

dave cortese facing off against city councilman sam liccardo. janine de la vega tells us that liccardo currently holds a slight lead. >> reporter: yes, he does. but right now we are at the santa clara county registrar's office. i just spoke with the registrar of voters. they stopped counting at 4:00 a.m. with 100% of the precincts reporting. it shows sam liccardo has a lead. so there is just a 2% difference there. so there are still thousands of ballots, absentee ballots that need to billion counted. right now this is too close to call. last night at liccardo's event his supporters were watching the event and cheering. they have been neck and neck in the mayor seat. liccardo's aid say they are being cautiously optimistic. they have not officially declared victory. now again we learned that those ballots will not be counted over night and instead that process will start later today. we have reached out to cortese and so far nothing official has been put out. nothing is saying that he is conceded at all. cortese could still have a chance. they wer

a little more than an hour ago, as you said, supervisor dave cortese conceded to sam liccardo. mr. cortese has graciously joined us here to talk about what happened. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, robert. and yes, disappointing thing to have to concede a race, a big race, in a city of 1 million people. init came down to just over 1% short of a majority for us. most of the ballots have been counted now and mathematically we decided it was time for us to start sharing the news with our supporters that this one wasn't going to work out for us the way we wanted. >> reporter: feel like you got some victories out of this loss? >> great victories. we built a coalition of people here that represents every walk of life, every ethnicity, demographic in the city, call for equity, fair play and inclusiveness. i think this coalition is going to be around a long time to come. >> reporter: tough with the margins so close? >> we've worked hard and hundreds and hundreds of volunteers have worked hard, thousands of supporters have worked hard, contributors, over a year and a half n

versus dave cortese, who sits on the santa clara county board of supervisors. here are the latest numbers. 51 percent for look cargo 49% for corti's kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in san jose with dave cortese supporters. rob. evidently they are having some problems of the software at the registrar's office this evening the corti's supporters are hanging in there hoping for some good news in san jose corti's came and took the podium with the speech 11 months i stood before many of you when we kicked off the campaign and i did what i said i promised to do which is to meet people where they are with have i am standing for a city that will not ever vilify its employes again he is referencing at the public safety issue out here in san jose meanwhile here to marry it folks are standing around looking at at the screen for some good news continuing our team coverage. kron4's alecia reid is live in san jose with sam liccardo's supporters. alecia? well sam just talk to the hundreds of reporters here talking about the thousands of door knocks and phone calls to get them t

city councilman sam liccardo is up against santa clara supervisor dave cortese. right now, liccardo is leading in the race against cortese. by about 25-hundred votes. there are still about 60,000 absentee and vote-by- mail ballots to be counted. but tonight liccardo has already for >>i look forward to sitting down with anyone who is willing to move this city for word. it is time to work on moving the city forward including safety, brought in prosperity for so many families to continue to struggle, even through the economic recovery in this valley, and to ensuring that that we can restore services. >>pam moore liccardo's opponent, county supervisor dave cortese, shown here at his reception last night, says he phoned liccardo today to congratulate him on running a strong campaign. but he did not concede. it appears oakland has new mayor. oakland city councilwoman libby schaaf. claimed victory in the city's 15- candidate mayoral race. the votes are still being tallied. after several rounds of ranked choice voting, schaaf has a 63- to 37-percent lead over the closest

por otro lado su adversario, dave cortese sigue optimista y dijo lo siguiente: take sot con vo/luceroe lo debemos a ellos especialmente porque hemos dicho una y otra vez, el ltimo mes que cada voto cuenta . mientras que liccardo asegur que la comunidad ha pasado por una batalla poltica contenciosa y es tiempo de dejar todo eso atrs... take next vo mientras los candidatos definen quin gan en san jos... otra contienda que est reñida es por la curul del distrito 17.. y es que an no se define quin la ocupar... ya que el congresista mike honda tiene una ventaja de cuatro puntos sobre ro khanna... y todava hay miles de boletas por ser contadas al igual que boletas provisionales... es por esto los candidatos han sido prudentes y ninguno de los dos se ha declarado triunfador por el momento... lucero on camera escuchamos decir una y otra vez que cada voto cuenta y precisamente en estas elecciones vemos que ese es el caso y una vez mas muestra la importancia de que aquellos quienes puedan votar lo hagan put placeholder here 0:01 (quick) 0:05 (quick) pregunta anchors for lucero lucero, cundo con

it's just about -- it's not mathematically impossible but impossible for dave cortese to overcome thathe's losing by 3,000 or 4,000 votes with just that strong number. yeah, it's pretty much all over but the shouting. i think it's fair to anticipate that the cortese campaign will probably make an announcement tomorrow. >> okay. you heard it here first. larry gerston, thanks for joining us this morning. keep it right here. we'll let you know more. we'll be back in two minutes. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. ho ho ho green giant! >>> welcome back. 7:54 the time right now. want to start you off with a sunday forecast. the most important thing to know today, we have a spare the air alert in effect. mainly for the north bay. the most unhealthy air quality. overall, it's goin

the request from san jose mayoral candidate dave cortese to police today.e's mayoral race is one of many in the south bay still up in the air. this afternoon, supervisor dave cortese met with police officers and encouraged them to stay on the job, even if his opponent, sam liccardo ultimately wins that race. several officers had warned of an exodus if liccardo won. nbc bay area's michelle roberts is at headquarters. at this point cortese says he is not conceding, not yet. >> reporter: not yet. he wants to wait until all of the votes come in. he says this is still a race. that's why he came here to the police station today to meet with officers throughout this campaign. the police union has been one of his biggest supporters. and today he wanted to make sure that officers knew that even if he does lose, he wants them to stay and serve. county supervisor dave cortese made it clear today. he is not ready to concede in the mayor's race. even if his opponent is already declaring victory. >> there is still approximately 70,000 votes just in san jose that need to

dave cortese released a statement thanks supporters. he added there has been some speculation about the handle of ballots. i have full faith in the abilities of the reg star of voters -- registrar of voters. >>> grandfather and his granddaughter were killed in a small plane crash in gilroy. authorities say the small plane took off from a private air field saturday. it was found yesterday morning. the plane crashed in a rural area that is accessible by foot or all terrain vehicles. >>> home is supposed to be the place where we feel the most safe but this morning that sense of safety was shattered. a man posing as ushered strong armed his -- as sheriff's deputy strong armed his way into home. ktvu's noelle walker says home invasions are almost exclusively tied to drugs. >> reporter: this home is off the beaten path but this morning it was the site of a home invasion robbery. >> he was awakened. >> reporter: someone outside claiming to be from the sheriff's office. >> held a flash light in their hand and pushed the guy up against his car.

santa clara county supervisor dave cortese stands at 49%. ktvu's paul chambers is live in san jose. seems like the final results could still be days away? p days, week -- >> reporter: days, even weeks. even though he hasn't officially been declared the winner he already extanded his hand out. >> reporter: one -- extended his hand out. >> it would be my great honor the serve san jose as the mayor. >> reporter: san jose city councilman sam liccardo had a small lead over dave cortese. they received 150,000 mail in ballots. 15,000 provisional ones. [ indiscernible ] >> at that point we will turn our attention to the provisional ballots. >> reporter: from the city of san jose. they have to open, sort and count the ballots. even though sam liccardo is claiming slithery it is not over till it -- victory it is not over till it is over. >> i ask you be patient with our office. we have our process to follow. >> i will let them do their job but it is important to put this behind us and get to work. >> reporter: dave cortese said out of respect to our supporters and the voters in general i want

the latest numbers show that sam liccardo is ahead of dave cortese, 51 percent to 49 percent a 2,500 liccardo declared victory yesterday. in a statement, cortese said the race was too close to call and will wait for all votes to be counted. the police union warned that a liccardo victory will result in more resignation of the police department. what is next? >> politics is rough and tumble. the next day you come out, you are adults, you have to govern and police the city and we will go failure with whoever is declared the winner. >>> liccardo said after the election he reached out to the police officers association and other south bay union leaders and the registrar estimated 120 the mail-in ballots needed to be counseled half from san jose and another 10,000 provisional ballots requiring verification with tabulated influence the week -- through the weekend. the next update is at 5:00 p.m. today. >> oakland mayor elect libby schaaf and mayor quan will discuss the transition of office. schaaf finished ahead and kaplan conceded yesterday. more than 100,000 mail-in ballots have to be co

but sam liccardo is holding a slight lead over dave cortese. even liccardo stunned some political observers today by declaring victory. his opponent, though, is balking. in his only on-camera interview, david cortese gave his on camera response. nbc area's scott budman shows us the backup. but the new challenges the new mayor will be facing, although we don't know who that is just yet, robert. >> reporter: that's right, jessica. it was a strange series of events today, and it will be a tough road ahead for whoever becomes the mayor. sam liccardo was treated like the winner at the rotary club in san jose, and he act like one, declaring victory this morning. but dave cortese isn't conceding risks you okay with the way he handled it? >> i didn't have any bad reaction. i had a conversation with him earlier where i told him look, you need to do what you think you need to do. i need to do what i need to do. i need to protect and represent those people who have been supporting me who want to see the rest of theot

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dave cortese did not concede and liccardo said that he did not expect him to.do, kpix 5. >>> president obama says he needs more than $6 billion to fight the spread of ebola. the money would cover fighting the disease in west africa and securing the u.s. against that virus. some of the money would establish more than 50 ebola treatment centers throughout the u.s., get safety suits and monitor travelers arriving here in the states. >>> people who buy sugary drinks in berkeley will be paying an extra tax on them starting january 1. but kpix 5's christin ayers shows us they can avoid the tax by stepping across city limits. >> reporter: the owners of the true value hardware on telegraph avenue missed the berkeley soda tax by inches. >> register right here. >> reporter: the employee says half of their store is in berkeley, but the half where sodas are sold is in oakland and that means no soda tax. >> i think so. >> reporter: because your register is in oakland. the tax passed with 75% of the vote. it adds a penny per ounce to the cost of a soda in berkeley, 12 cents

and hers opponent, dave cortese has work at the board after he voted at the elementary school. liccardo points to the endorsement of past san jose mayors to showily qualifications for the job and cortese has the support of several farmer san jose police chiefs. this election public safety took center stage with pension reform an issue for the police department. liccardo credits it with saving the city $50 million and cortese feels they need to stop the record breaking news of resignations and retirements that shrunk the department. >> we can sit down with police officers and other employees on salary and wages and try to get them to where they are more competitive with the other jurisdictions that have been pirating them away. >> we need to spend smarter and we will build the police department back we have to have the money to pay them to work not just to retire. >> in adecision to the mayoral race, three seats are up for grabs in the city council. the polls close tonight at 8:00. >>> matt, a hot issue on the ballot in san francisco and berkeley is a tax on sugary drinks. in ber

this is where candidate dave cortese will be voting in the next few minutes. now, we spoke with his opponent, sam liccardo in the last hour. both of these men have a long history of public service, but differing opinions on a variety of things. we're joined now by dave cortese, a county supervisor and some of the latest polls show that you have a light lead. how are you feeling coming into this election day? >> well, cautiously optimistic, janine, and -- but we don't take anything for granted. i've learned that you run the races like you are neck-and- neck all of the time. we'll be getting out the vote all day. we have hundreds of volunteers knocking on doors and still phoning people up until 7:59 p.m. to get out the vote. >> reporter: and we spoke with sim liccardo. he was talking about how he has support from three former players around the current mayor. what is your pitch to some of those voters out there who may still be undecidedded on this election day? >> well, in neighborhoods like this, people are concerned about public safety. in the last five polic

. >> usually you let whoever is going to come out on the losing end make a call. >> reporter: dave cortese released a statement saying out of respect to our supporters and the voters i want to let all the votes be counted before making a statement. although i grafted sam liccardo this morning, this race is still too close to call. i am confident in the process and want everyone to understand every vote does indeed count. >> i will be happy with either one of them as opposed to the previous mayor. >> upset about the success of the republicans nationwide. it will have more impact on my life. >> reporter: she hopes to have votes counted by saturday and then they will tackle the provisional ballots. so the numbers could be weeks away. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in oakland the mayor's race wasn't that close. it appears that libby schaaf is the winner. she talked about the win today. >> while we love our city and we believe in its greatness we know it could be better. >> libby schaaf's news conference was like a campaign party. she left in fun style. libby schaaf had 19% of the vote

with all reporting, sam liccardo has a slim lead of over 2,100 votes over dave cortese but it is notver. they have 1 20,000 mail in ballots to counsel. this was expected to be close. liccardo has the slim june percent -- 51 percent to 49 lead. it is too early to call. the county mail in ballot could swing the election. tens of thousands from san jose are still left to be counted. candidates spoke with us. they agree it will be a while before a winner is announced. >> last time i looked there was 1,500 votes in play. that is move back-and-forth easy. i would rather be 1 percent behind and finish the winner than 1 percent head and finish the loser. we have a while to

at last check liccardo leads dave cortese by 2%. that's roughly 2500 votes.nd there are thousands of ballots still left to be counted. depending on who is elect san jose could be facing a major problem in the police department. last month the police officers association predicted as many as 200 officers would quit if liccardo was elected. today dave cortese met with officers and his message, hold on. >> whether i'm county supervisor or mayor i'm going to be standing with you and with this coalition to get equity so you don't lose any more police officers. we just want people to hang in there long enough for it to happen. >> a lot of people are thinking about leaving including me. >> reporter: sam liccardo has supported current mayor chuck reed's pension reform plan which the city says is saving $25 million a year but many officers have left the department. another hotly contested congressional race in silicon valley still on edge right now. in the 17th district, veteran congressman mike honda leads challenger ro khanna by 5%. that race is still waiting for th

you have mayoral candidate dave cortese, who's a santa clara supervisor, has the backing of the police union. you can see him here casting his vote this morning. he's going up against sam liccardo, a san jose city councilman, who has the support of mayor chuck reed. what separates the two most is where they stand on measure "b." liccardo supported the law to cut pensions for police officers and other city employees in order to trim the budget deficit. as a result, there is now bad blood between the rank and file police officers and the mayor and parts of the city council. cortese is painting himself as the mayor who can mend those relations and help rebuild the department. in recent years, hundreds of officers have been let go in a cost-cutting measure leading to lower morale and an uptick in crime. cortese promises to hire 140 officers to restore some of the department's original strength. >> the neighborhood that we're standing in right now is the neighborhood that used to be the safest in the city of san jose and last month had 95 residential break-ins. people are overwhelmingly con

dave cortese conceded to mayor- elect sam liccardo yesterday afternoon. test vote count hasley accardo leading by 2%. -- has liccardo leading by 2%. cortese was waiting for the outcome to be clear to conceit >>> a 4-year-old boy is recovering after falling 200 feet down a cliff. he was walking with his family near bodega bay when he fell last night. rescuers say the boy was conscious when they got to him. he was last reported in critical condition. >>> i'm tacoma tack live in walnut creek where 18,000 kaiser nurse are striking across the state. here are nurses who work at the walnut creek hospital. the rally and strike starts at 7 a.m. it's a two-day strike. the nurses union focus is on ebola preparedness. but there's more to it than that. the union is working without a contract. the issue of money hasn't come up yet in contract talks. the stalemate off three months of bargaining, operational issues. one big one, the union wants kaiser to fill 2,000 open nursing spots from the past couple of years. the nurses rallying today will focus on what they say are

his lead over santa clara county supervisor dave cortese is about 2%. and that's roughly about 2500 votes. but with about 60,000 mail-in and other ballots to be counted cortese has not conceded. he says he wants to hold off on a final statement out of respect to his supporters and all the city's voters. >>> the police officers association has said more of its members would quit the san jose police department if liccardo wins because liccardo has supported the pension reform plans of outgoing mayor chuck reed. betty yu reports. >> i can't sustain like this. it's too much on the family. it's too much on me. >> reporter: officer franco vado has given the last 19 years to serving the city of san jose. he says he is ready to quit if liccardo wins the mayor's race. he is tired of years of paycuts and long workweeks. >> it's time for healing in this city. it's time to rebuild bridges. >> reporter: the councilman is ready to rebuild trust with the police union. but the union supports cortese. it's already predicted a mass exodus of officers. >> it's crumbling i

it's neck and neck between sam liccardo and dave cortese. today in the bay's bob redell live outside san jose city hall. bob, liccardo has a slim lead, but there are still plenty of ballots to be counted. >> reporter: you are correct. good morning to you, laura. the polls were right, the race for the top job at city hall was going to be a tight race and it proves to be true. here are the latest numbers with all 100% precincts reporting. you can see sam liccardo leading dave cortese, the santa clara county board of supervisors, leading him 51 to 49%. that's 2% difference, roughly, 2,200 votes separate the two men. as you mention, there are still mail-in ballots that need to be counted. not clear whether there will be enough to swing the race one way or another. we'll hear from both men coming up in about ten minutes. neither has declared victory or conceded defeat yet. reporting live here outside san jose city hall, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thanks so much, bob. >>> oakland appears to have a new woman in charge. we're going to tell you

according to the computer in this room, dave cortese is chipping away ever so slightly at the lead that sam liccardo had. mr. liccardo at 50.85% with cortese inching up just a little bit. mr. cortese is. now mr. cortese came into the room at about 9:00 this evening and spoke to his supporters. he had a lot of people waiting for him here in the room. mr. cortese told people, though, this was going to be a close race. and a very long night waiting for the results. >> together, we created a campaign that really the the city of san jose. it is not a campaign about electing someone mayor. it wasn't and hasn't been a campaign about a certain special interest in san jose. this campaign has been about putting together a movement that represents what san jose is, and the extraordinary possibility that it can be. >> reporter: now folks here at the cortese party are expecting a come from behind victory. they are hoping for a come from behind victory. they said in the early kpix5 poll last week, that showed that mr. liccardo and mr. cortese were virtually tied with the early voters but the people w

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were finished over the weekend and sam liccardo is retaining the 3,500 vote lead over supervisor dave cortese. the 14,000 provisional ballots will be countried ballots set aside for elgible tests with liccardo saying he is the winner although cortese has not conceded. >>> investigators with the f.a.a. will be at the seen of a deadly plane crash at highway 152. there was a single engine cessna discovered which went down saturday night. this is a photo provided by the sheriff. the pilot and a passenger were killed. the sheriff says the planes with traveling to watsonville. >> we have more video of the wrong-way crash on the bay bridge with investigators saying 32-year-old karrie lyn morgan was driving westbound in the eastbound lane and went a mill before hitting three oncoming cars east of treasure island and one driver was seriously sure. she was treated for minor injuries. she was high on drugs. she faces felony d.u.i. and drug possess charges. she was driving without a license. >>> the san francisco municipal transportation agency is facing a $140,000 bill for damage to muni vehicles the ni

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one mayoral candidate, sam hick lick is declaring victory and the other candidate, supervisor dave cortese wants to wait this will. >> the votes are in before he maybe as statement of the election. either way the votes are counseledded and workers at registrar in senator that clear will inhere and counting the mail-in ballots showing sam rick santorum is ahead of cortese with a difference of only 2,500 votes. the police union support core teas and say a liccardo victory results in more resignations. the san jose police department have seen a report number of officers resign and retire over russia riverring paycheck and the pension reform. many officers were recruited and hire at other area police departments. liccardo reached out to the police association president before he declared victory and the association president president spoke to us. >> licks is rough and people then you come out and you have to govern we will go forward with whoever is the winner. >> i ray for better times. we have to get along. times will not be easeer. the regular star recommended 120,000 mail-in ballots neede

. >> reporter:meanwhile -- santa clara supervisor dave cortese says. don't count him out yet. >> reporter:kron 4's rob fladeboe is live in san jose with the latest. rob? >> reporter:vote tallies continue to trickle in for a number of local races. >> reporter:in the oakland mayor's race though. all the ballots will not be counted until next week. right now. >> reporter: there were also discussing that during and before the campaign there was a lot of talk beginning regarding top of a mass resignation for scorsese. >> reporter: did hear from one of the police officers that he had spoken with. there are still thousands of those that still need to be counted. the shift in the count will change the outcome. we want to make sure that people keep monitoring the election. it is very important for them to know. we also tried to reassure that we are focused on that count. there are a lot of circumstances beyond my control. i am a resident of san jose. so they're a lot of issues that are coming out. i am not going to speak for the majority. i came here from anoth

the county supervisor dave cortese conceded yesterday after the latest numbers were released and he is500 votes and the come back is impossible with obligate 5,000 ballots to be counseled. city council member who is mayor on january 1 said the first order of business is dealing with the housing crisis. >> how we can create affordable housing in the cities with many people who are struggling with the rise, rent and for our hopeless. >> hick lick -- liccardo is putting together an action land on the housing issue. >> developing in the north bay, a four-year-old chide remains hospitalized after a dramatic late night cliff rescue and what happened moments before the boy fell more than 200'. >> when babies cannot wait, a california dad stepped into action when his wife went into maybe and he got help over the phone. >> abraham lincoln is show -- abc7news.com is showing you light traffic on this veterans day with weather and traffic stops up during the commercial break. stay tuned. thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i lik

he has 3600 vote lead in the race over dave cortese.ese does not plan to concede till there is a conclusive result. >>> talk of cooperation in washington today as president obama sat down with leaders for the first time since republicans took control of the house and senate. republicans repeated their calls for the president allow congress to deal with immigration reform. the president said he would be open for ideas from democrats and republicans. >> we just want to see work done here in washington. i think they are frustrated by the grid lock, would like to see more cooperation and we have the responsibility to make that happen. >> the president is asking the congress to approve emergency funding to fight ebola and fund to fight the islamic state. >>> ship that was used in a famous movie is sailing in bay area waters seeking out young students to come on board for a look back. the original ship was the first american ship to make land fall on the west coast of north america and the relucuplayed a part in -- replica played a part in th