2024 San Jose mayoral election

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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2024 San Jose mayoral election

| country = San Jose, California

| type = mayoral

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2022 San Jose mayoral election

| previous_year = 2022

| next_election = 2028 San Jose mayoral election

| next_year = 2028

| election_date = March 5, 2024

| image1 = MattMahan (cropped).jpg

| candidate1 = Matt Mahan

| color1 = c0c0c0

| popular_vote1 = 144,701

| percentage1 = 86.6%

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| candidate2 = Tyrone Wade

| color2 = c0c0c0

| popular_vote2 = 22,363

| percentage2 = 13.4%

| map_image = 2024 San Jose Mayoral election.svg

| map_size =

| map_caption = Results by precinct
Mahan:{{legend0|#416fcd|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3357a2|80–90%}} {{legend0|#244079|>90%}}
Wade: {{legend0|#3fa455|60–70%}} {{legend0|#005116|>90%}}
Other: {{legend0|#AE8BB1|Tie}} {{legend0|#808080|No data}}

| title = Mayor

| before_election = Matt Mahan

| after_election = Matt Mahan

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The 2024 San Jose mayoral election was held on March 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of San Jose, California, to a four-year term. Incumbent mayor Matt Mahan, who was first elected to a two-year term in 2022, handily won re-election against a minor challenger.{{cite news |title=San Jose mayor glides into four more years |first=Jana |last=Kadah |work=San José Spotlight |date=March 7, 2024 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-glides-into-four-more-years-election-2024/}} This was the first mayoral election in San Jose held during a presidential election cycle following the passage of Measure B in 2022.

Candidates

= Declared =

  • Matt Mahan, incumbent mayor{{cite news |title=The first six months: San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan |first=Joseph |last=Geha |work=San José Spotlight |date=July 8, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/the-first-six-months-san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan/}}
  • Tyrone Wade, retired marriage counselor and candidate for mayor in 2018{{cite news |title=Mahan Gets Opponent, as 17 Qualify for City Council Ballots |first=Barry |last=Holtzclaw |work=San Jose Inside |date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/mahan-gets-opponent-as-17-qualify-for-city-council-ballots/}}

= Declined =

  • Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County supervisor and runner-up for mayor in 2022{{cite news |title=San José Labor Groups Don't Like Mayor Matt Mahan. So Why Does His Reelection Seem Assured? |first=Guy |last=Marzorati |work=KQED |date=November 15, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11967395/san-jose-labor-groups-dont-like-mayor-matt-mahan-so-why-does-his-re-election-seem-assured}}

Endorsements

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Newspapers

  • The Mercury News{{cite news |title=San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan deserves full four-year term |work=The Mercury News |date=February 9, 2024 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/09/editorial-our-recommendations-for-san-jose-mayor-and-five-city-council-seats/}}

Organizations

  • Silicon Valley Biz PAC{{cite news |title=Powerful PAC supports several San Jose candidates |first=Joseph |last=Geha |work=San José Spotlight |date=December 27, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/powerful-political-action-committee-silicon-valley-biz-pac-supports-several-san-jose-city-council-election-candidates/}}

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Results

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| title = 2024 San Jose mayoral election{{cite web |title=Election Night Reporting {{!}} City of San José, Mayor |publisher=Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters |website=clarityelections.com |date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/120250/web.317647/#/detail/46}}

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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change

| candidate = Matt Mahan (incumbent)

| votes = 144,701

| percentage = 86.61

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{{Election box candidate no party no change

| candidate = Tyrone Wade

| votes = 22,363

| percentage = 13.39

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{{Election box total no party no change

| votes = 167,064

| percentage = 100.00

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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