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6 Mar
Early campaign returns suggest that Pierluigi Oliverio will represent District 6 on the San Jose City Council. At 10:45 pm (more than two hours after the polls closed), the Registrar of Voters tally has Oliverio leading 58% to 42% over Steve Tedesco.
The SJ Mercury News provided this mathematical analysis shortly after the polls closed:
County elections officials have said they expect only a 30 percent turnout - or about 11,433 total voters. More than 7,000 people had already voted via absentee ballots by 5 p.m. Monday, meaning the winner may already have been determined before a single vote from polling places is counted.
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[...] Quite frankly, the election to replace Ken Yeager on the City Council ended rather quietly, with Pierluigi Oliverio winning the election with relative ease last Tuesday. Due to lower voter turnout in the March runoff, both men secured only a few more votes than they had in the November primary. [...]
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