Santa Clara County Sheriff-elect Bob Jonsen is poised to assume his duties one month early after his embattled predecessor abruptly resigned in October.
A week after Election Day, and several South Bay races are still too close to call. Among the, the race for Santa Clara County sheriff, and San Jose mayor.
Tuesday night, two men, whose last names are separated by one vowel, are separated by several thousand votes in the race to be the next elected sheriff in Santa Clara County. Both seemed optimistic after the polls closed.
Polls have closed in California and preliminary results have started to come in at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, which estimates it has tallied 42% of total ballots