REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Certification of November 3, 2020 Election Results - City Council Districts 2, 4 and 6 and the Office of Mayor
Report
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
A General Municipal Election was held November 3, 2020 for the purpose of electing Council Members to City Council Districts 2, 4 and 6 and the Office of Mayor. The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters canvassed the returns of the election and transmitted a Certification of Election Results to the City Clerk on December 3, 2020. Sunnyvale City Charter Section 601 provides that the four-year terms shall commence at the first regular meeting in January, at which the Council certifies the election results.
Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10263 and City Charter Section 601, the attached resolution details the number of votes cast and percentage of the vote received by each candidate, and declares elected the following persons who have received the highest number of votes cast for each office:
Mayor: Larry Klein
Councilmember District Number 2: Alysa Cisneros
Councilmember District Number 4: Russ Melton
Councilmember District Number 6: Omar Din
The votes cast and percentage of the vote received by each candidate follows in the table below (Mayor/Councilmember-Elect name shown in bold):
Mayor
Candidate
Votes Received
Percentage of
Votes Received
Larry Klein
18,438
36.05%
Nancy Smith
17,240
33.71%
Michael S. Goldman
15,461
30.23%
Total Votes Cast:
51,139
100.00%
Councilmember District Number 2
Candidate
Votes Received
Percentage of
Votes Received
Alysa Cisneros
4,242
53.66%
Josh Grossman
2,596
32.84%
Hina Siddiqui
1,067
13.50%
Total Votes Cast:
7,905
100.00%
Councilmember District Number 4
Candidate
Votes Received
Percentage of
Votes Received
Russ Melton
5,670
71.26%
Paul Joseph Lesevic-Campos
2,287
28.74%
Total Votes Cast:
7,957
100.00%
Councilmember District Number 6
Candidate
Votes Received
Percentage of
Votes Received
Omar Din
3,473
42.91%
Charlotte Th...
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