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SANJOSE
Mayoral campaign funds ‘astounding’
Early contribution figures put the heated race on track to be most expensive in city’s history
By Maggie Angst
mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com
The race for San Jose’s next mayor is shaping up to become the most expensive political contest in city history.
San Jose rookie councilmember Matt Mahan, a former tech entrepreneur, announced Tuesday that he had already amassed a staggering $504,000, including a personal contribution of about $10,000,from nearly 1,000 donors during the first 23 days of the city’s fundraising period, making him the early fundraising frontrunner.
Meanwhile, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, a tenured South Bay politician andlongtime labor leader, has reportedly brought in $474,000, including a $10,000 personal contribution, from nearly 1,000 donors during that same time period, according to Chavez’s campaign. Councilmember Raul Peralez, who will be battling Chavez for endorsements and funding from the region’s labor organizations, said Tuesday that he had raised about $264,000 from approximately 500 donors.
Councilmember Dev Davis, who will have to fend off Mahan for support from the city’s business factions, declined through her campaign adviser on Tuesday to disclose her initial fundraising total, saying that her team was still finalizing the numbers.
“These are astounding numbers for such a short period of time, especially for Mahan, who is relatively new to the political scene,” said Terry Christensen, a professor emeritus of political science at San Jose State University. “This dollar amount definitely strengthens his credibility as a candidate.” The only other San Jose mayoral candidate in recent years to raise as much money as Mahan this early in a race was Mayor Sam Liccardo, who raked in $513,000 during the first reporting period of his 2014 campaign. State Senator Dave Cortese, who came in second to Liccardo in 2014, raised $175,000 comparatively, according to city records.
“I think it’s a great demonstration around how much energy there is for change and for a greater focus on accountability at City Hall,” Mahan said in an interview.
Candidates planning to run in the June 2022 primary election for San Jose’s mayoral and five odd-numbered city council seats began fundraising on Dec. 9, 2021. Contributions to mayoral candidates are limited to a total of $1,400 per person, corporation or nonprofit organization....
Supervisor Cindy Chavez represents the over 360,000 people of Central, South and East San Jose on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. She chairs the Board’s Children, Families and Seniors Committee and serves as Vice Chair of the Finance and Government Operations Committee.She also serves on the Boards of Directors of both Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD).
As a two-term member of the San Jose City Council, she built a strong reputation as an advocate for improving the quality of life throughout San Jose. She was a leader in developing cutting-edge community-based programs to address crime, education, small business development and neighborhood revitalization. Elected to the City Council in 1998 and re-elected in 2002, Chavez served two years as vice mayor. Her terms were distinguished by implementing goals to make every neighborhood safe, enhancing opportunities for residents and providing guidance on improving city government’s service to them.
As the Executive Officer of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council and Executive Director of Working Partnerships USA, her work was highlighted by her ability to build new collaborations to create innovative policy that improves the lives of working families throughout Silicon Valley. Few public leaders can count the kind of successes that Chavez achieved early in her public service: ground-breaking health insurance for Santa Clara County’s children, which served as a national model, unprecedented construction of diverse housing and a genuine city-schools partnership in downtown San Jose.
Often described as a savvy consensus builder and possessing a down to earth charm, Chavez has also contributed to local high technology initiatives, the arts and guided the political participation of emerging ethnic communities. Chavez was a member of the Board of Directors of Joint Venture, Silicon Valley Network and the California Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nanotechnology. She also serves on the National Board of Planned Parenthood and is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Chavez was named by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in its surveys of “Influential Women in Business” and served on the Board of the Silicon Valley Women’s Alliance. She was a recipient of the California Assembly’s Housing Leadership Award and the Blue Cross of California’s Community Service Award. Cindy Chavez was voted “Legislator of the Year” by the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific American Democratic Club and 2012 Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly.
Cindy and her husband Mike Potter and their son Brennan live in the Naglee Park neighborhood of San Jose.
Biography - District 2 - County of Santa Clara
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