Election 2022: Key Races to Watch in and around San Jose

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

San Jose voters will decide on several key races this election including selecting the mayor, several city council members and the county sheriff. In the mayoral race, county supervisor Cindy Chavez and city council member Matt Mahan are competing to lead the nation’s 10th largest city. At the county level, voters will select a replacement for Sheriff Laurie Smith, who is not running for reelection amid grand jury allegations of misconduct and an ongoing investigation into cases of abuse at county jails. As part of KQED’s politics team’s takeover of Forum this week, we’ll talk about the candidates and the issues dominating the races – including housing, homelessness and crime – and we’ll take your election questions. Guests: Garrick Percival, professor and department chair, Department of Political Science, San Jose State University Guy Marzorati, reporter and producer, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Alex Shoor, executive director and co-founder, Catalyze SV, a nonprofit focused on creating sustainable, equitable, and vibrant places for people in Silicon Valley Trân Nguyễn, investigative reporter, San Jose Spotlight, and Report For America Corps Member Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.6	With San Jose Mayor Sam LaCardo termed out of office, voters in the Bay Area's largest city will choose a new mayor on November 8th.
1:12.6	It's a choice between Cindy Chavez, a veteran politician with decades of experience in government, and Matt Mahan, a relative newcomer with business routes in the tech sector. No matter
1:18.4	who wins, San Jose's next mayor will be confronted with homelessness, the high cost of living,
1:23.3	and questions about the best way to ensure public safety and deploy police officers in a very
1:28.5	diverse city. We'll be joined by two reporters, including KQ80's Guy Marzarati, who are covering
1:33.7	that race and others in Santa Clara County for their insights on the candidates and issues.
1:39.2	That's coming up next after this news.
1:46.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm KQ80 Politics Editor Scott Schaefer in today for Alexis Madrigal.
1:52.4	And for much of this week, KQAID's politics team is hosting parts of forum delving into the major issues and races around the November election.
2:00.2	And this hour, a look at some of the
2:02.3	most important decisions Santa Clara County voters will be making. And we begin with this. Who will
2:08.4	follow Sam La Cardo as San Jose's mayor? The choice is between two Democrats, Santa Clara County
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