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Candidates Begin Lining Up for County Supervisor Races
The role of a Santa Clara County supervisor has gone from one of the cushiest jobs in local politics to one of the most demanding. The five-member board oversees a multibillion-dollar budget, 20,000...
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Ken Yeager’s Departure from County Board of Supervisors Could Shift Balance...
Ken Yeager terms out next year from the county Board of Supervisors, but the South Bay’s first openly gay elected official isn’t ready to call it a career quite yet. In an interview last week, Yeager...
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Cash Continues Pouring into Santa Clara County Races
All but one of the candidates vying for terming-out Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager’s seat in the June 5 primary election have surpassed the quarter-million dollar fundraising mark, according...
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SVO Endorses Pierluigi Oliverio for Santa Clara County Supervisor
The Silicon Valley Organization—formerly known as the San Jose-Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce—passed over one of its own employees to endorse Pierluigi Oliverio in the race for the District 4 seat...
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Candidates Vie for LGBTQ Support in Bid to Succeed Santa Clara County Supe...
Ken Yeager founded the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee in 1984 to advocate for LGBTQ civil rights. It was the same year he came out in a newspaper op-ed and eight years before he became Silicon...
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Candidates Excluded From BAYMEC Forum Speak Out
Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager’s impending departure from the District 4 seat has drawn a crowded field of would-be successors. Last week, five people in line to replace him made their case...
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Dominic Caserta in Free Fall as Key Endorsers Back Out Amid Sexual Harassment...
Dominic Caserta has been losing key endorsements in his bid for Santa Clara County supervisor since San Jose Inside’s reporting unearthed numerous allegations of sexual harassment, bullying and other...
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Primary Election 2018: Seven Compete for District 4 Santa Clara County...
Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager’s terming-out has left the District 4 race wide open, drawing seven candidates vying for the vacant seat. While many of the contenders agree about the core...
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June Primary 2018: Elections to Watch in Santa Clara County
California’s long-awaited primary comes Tuesday. That means it’s down to the wire for two contested San Jose council races and one open seat, a sought-after place on the Santa Clara County Board of...
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Susan Ellenberg Leads Pack in Santa Clara County Supe Race
Observers said this would be a good year for women in politics. And though we’ll wait for the general election to see how much that holds true, Tuesday showed promise. Female candidates running for...
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