As of Monday morning, the mayors race in the largest city in the Bay Area, San Jose, remains neck and neck.
According to officials as of approximately 8:00 a.m. 48% of ballots have been counted. Matt Mahan is leading Cindy Chavez by about 5,000 votes.
Chavez is a longtime politician and county supervisor. She was first elected to city council in 1998. Both candidates didn't stop campaigning until polls closed on election Tuesday. Californians vote to ban flavored tobacco products " What we were able to do with this campaign is bring the labor community and the business community and the environmental community and neighborhoods and peace officers, just every, civil rights leaders, non-profit organization leaders, all of you together," Chavez said. "Our ability to thrive together, to prosper together demonstrates to the whole world that it can be done.""I'm just grateful for how much all these supporters sacrificed for this campaign.
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