Meanwhile, the latest San Jose Inside Power Poll finds that voters don’t much care about the fate of the former city hall.

Anh Colton, 48, of Cupertino, has had no law enforcement experience in the last five years. California law requires that candidates for sheriff have at least one year of law enforcement experience within the last five years. 

The contests for mayor of San Jose, Santa Clara County sheriff, all four of the contested San Jose City Council races and the one contested county supervisor race will have runoff elections in November with the top two finishers.

The approximately 25,000 ballots counted by the Registrar of Voters Elections Division June 9 didn’t change any trends or flip any projected outcomes, but did suggest the early, expected outcomes are more likely to hold.

With 33.6% – 56,011 votes – of nearly 167,000 votes reported June 8 at 5pm, Jonsen led retired sheriff’s captain Kevin Jensen, who had the support of 30.5% – 50,951 – of the votes.

In the latest San Jose Inside Power Poll, the would-be supervisor’s political fortunes have rebounded since a majority of incumbent supervisors realigned district boundaries, making him temporarily ineligible to join them.

At first glance, the 19-year veteran looks cut from a different cloth than other candidates—running for elected office for the first time

Sheriff Laurie Smith snared more than 60 percent of the vote after absentee ballots were released at 8pm.

Newly unearthed records reveal how the sheriff candidate helped Morrissey keep his job, get good assignments and sue Santa Clara County.

Don Morrissey, a twice-demoted deputy who recently resigned as union president, is set to give up his badge this weekend.

Sheriff candidate Joseph LaJeunesse may have put in 14 years at the Santa Clara County law enforcement agency, but he still feels like an outsider.

Former Undersheriff John Hirokawa will face off against his former boss, Laurie Smith, in the 2018 sheriff's race.

For years political mail and TV commercials have made up the bulk of campaign spending. But it’s clear that the same tired tactics are not working.

It's election day and with it comes a ballot packed with key decisions for Santa Clara County, though voter turnout is expected to be pretty low.

Parents of Audrie Pott, the Saratoga teen who committed suicide after being sexually assaulted by classmates, are furious about a political mailer that makes it look like they support Kevin Jensen in the Santa Clara County sheriff’s race.

An independent expenditure committee supporting Kevin Jensen's bid for sheriff wrote a $2,500 check to Crime Victims United, an organization that subsequently endorsed Jensen just days after the latest filing period.