Joe Simitian – San Jose Inside https://www.sanjoseinside.com A look inside San Jose politics and culture Wed, 01 May 2024 03:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 Liccardo Calls for Taxpayer-Funded Automatic Recounts in Close Races https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/liccardo-calls-for-taxpayer-funded-automatic-recounts-in-close-races/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/liccardo-calls-for-taxpayer-funded-automatic-recounts-in-close-races/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:12:03 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201209023 Sam Liccardo on election night, $arch 5, 2024Sam Liccardo urged his fellow candidates – and the public – to embrace the results of the 16th Congressional District recount.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/liccardo-calls-for-taxpayer-funded-automatic-recounts-in-close-races/feed/ 4 Sam Liccardo: It’s The Counting https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/sam-liccardo-its-the-counting/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/sam-liccardo-its-the-counting/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 03:47:51 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201209013 Op-Ed: We must respect whatever findings that elections officials reach in the recount of ballots in the 16th Congressional District.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/sam-liccardo-its-the-counting/feed/ 4 Politics Roils the 16th District Recount, Extending Count https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/politics-roils-the-16th-district-recount-expected-to-wrap-up-this-week/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/politics-roils-the-16th-district-recount-expected-to-wrap-up-this-week/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:16:45 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208982 The counting process exploded into a controversy involving political action committees, campaign surrogates, the Federal Election Commission, members of Congress and the counting of previously discarded ballots.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/politics-roils-the-16th-district-recount-expected-to-wrap-up-this-week/feed/ 1 County Election Officials OK Recount of 16th District Ballots, if Requesters Pay https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/county-election-officials-ok-a-recount-of-16th-district-if-requesters-pay/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/county-election-officials-ok-a-recount-of-16th-district-if-requesters-pay/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:14:01 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208893 Evan Low says, Thanks but no thanks, to the recount, and accuses Sam Liccardo of Trumpian tactics in engineering a recount plot to benefit from a two-man race.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/county-election-officials-ok-a-recount-of-16th-district-if-requesters-pay/feed/ 4 Three Candidates Will Be on 16th District Ballot in November https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/evan-low-holds-one-vote-lead-over-joe-simitian-at-close-of-last-day-of-counting/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/evan-low-holds-one-vote-lead-over-joe-simitian-at-close-of-last-day-of-counting/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:50:28 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208844 Because of a tie vote for second place, voters in November will choose from among three candidates for the coveted Silicon Valley congressional seat: former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Santa Clara Supervisor Joe Simitian and state Assemblymember Evan Low.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/evan-low-holds-one-vote-lead-over-joe-simitian-at-close-of-last-day-of-counting/feed/ 5 Latest Ballot Count Shows Simitian ahead of Low by 5 Votes in 16th District https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/unsigned-ballots-hold-key-to-outcome-of-16th-district-race/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/unsigned-ballots-hold-key-to-outcome-of-16th-district-race/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:36:21 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208759 Joe Simitian was ahead of Evan Low by five votes Monday evening, after a week of seesaw results. The eventual winner of the race will be decided by how many of the remaining 1,000 voters who mailed in unsigned ballots show up before 5 pm Tuesday, April 2 to sign their ballots.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/unsigned-ballots-hold-key-to-outcome-of-16th-district-race/feed/ 1 The Seesaw 16th: Friday Returns from San Mateo County Boost Simitian over Low by 44 Votes https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/the-seesaw-16th-friday-returns-from-san-mateo-county-boost-simitian-over-low-by-44-votes/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/the-seesaw-16th-friday-returns-from-san-mateo-county-boost-simitian-over-low-by-44-votes/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2024 02:22:47 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208753 Weekend processing of ballots by voters who were same-day registrants and the results of challenges to others could leave the race to be Sam Liccardo’s opponent in November a virtual dead-heat.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/the-seesaw-16th-friday-returns-from-san-mateo-county-boost-simitian-over-low-by-44-votes/feed/ 1 All Eyes on San Mateo County, as Low Held Brief Lead over Simitian in 16th District https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/liccardo-simitian-low-at-top-of-16th-district-in-early-returns/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/liccardo-simitian-low-at-top-of-16th-district-in-early-returns/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2024 04:36:36 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201208600 The contest between Joe Simitian and Evan Low could be decided by Friday's report from San Mateo County, which last reported results on Wednesday, March 13.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/liccardo-simitian-low-at-top-of-16th-district-in-early-returns/feed/ 4 Liccardo Makes It Official, as Two More Democrats Join 16th District Field https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/liccardo-makes-it-official-as-two-more-democrats-join-16th-district-field/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/liccardo-makes-it-official-as-two-more-democrats-join-16th-district-field/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:51:59 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201207972 Tech security entrepreneur Peter Dixon of Portola Valley filed his FEC candidate statement on Thursday and announced he already had raised $350,000; and Palo Alto Councilmember Julie Lythcott-Haims became the seventh Democrat – and first woman – to announce as a candidate for the seat held for 16 terms by Rep. Anna Eshoo.

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]]> https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/liccardo-makes-it-official-as-two-more-democrats-join-16th-district-field/feed/ 4 Evan Low Raises $300K in First 48 Hours of Campaign for Congress https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/evan-low-raises-300k-in-first-48-hours-of-campaign-for-congress/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/politics/evan-low-raises-300k-in-first-48-hours-of-campaign-for-congress/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:39:57 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201207952 The combination of the new early primary date, March 5, plus the prospect of the most hotly contested congressional primary in the Bay Area in decades boosts the likelihood of campaign war chests in the millions.

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