Seeking political advantage in the District 16 race, he complained about, and even tried to stop, the tabulation.
Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, left, who finished first, will face Assemblymember Evan Low, center, in the November runoff. Low finished five votes ahead of Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, right.Don’t misunderstand: It’s not that the assemblymember hoped to finish third in the March 5 primary and lose a place on the November runoff ballot. Rather, it’s that he never wanted the recount in the first place.
Our ballots are counted by machines, but it’s humans who check them for eligibility and feed them in. Mistakes are inevitable. That’s not a knock on the integrity of our elections, that’s just a recognition of reality. Low has whined about the lack of transparency about the funders of the PAC. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to guess that the money probably came from backers of Liccardo, who will benefit from the breaking of the tie.
We’re still waiting for him to publicly walk that one back. For it’s hard to defend Biden’s 2000 election victory against attacks from Donald Trump while arguing against an exacting count in a congressional race back home.
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