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Schmidt wins Los Altos Hills council seat by one vote
Yes, every vote truly does count.
Following a manual Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters recount of the Nov. 3 election results, business owner Lisa Schmidt won the third and final seat on the Los Altos Hills City Council, beating competitor Jay Sutaria by a single vote.
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Schmidt described her excitement after hearing the announcement via an email from Virginia Bloom, assistant registrar of voters, at approximately 12:15 p.m. Monday (Dec. 14).
“I’ve tried to take a Zen-like approach to this,” Schmidt said. “I really hoped I’d win, of course, but I had to say, ‘Well, if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen and there’s going to be other good things I can help the city (with).’ I tried not to get upset about it; it doesn’t do any good to get upset about that kind of thing. But I am very happy now, yes.”