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Sam Liccardo
 
91840 votes
50.76%
- Occupation: San Jose City Councilmember
 - San José City Councilmember (District 3) since 2006
 - former Prosecutor, Santa Clara District Attorney's Office, Sexual Assault Unit
 - Boardmember, Metropolitan Transportation Commisson, and Association of Bay Area Governments; Past President, Santa Clara County Cities Assn.
 - Graduate of Bellarmine, Georgetown University, Harvard Law School, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
 - Currently lives in San Jose's Northside neighborhood with his wife, Jessica Garcia-Kohl
 - Taught political science at San Jose State University
  
Priorities:
- Improving public safety in San José
 - Balancing the budget through fiscal reform
 - Broadening access to high-wage jobs for San Jose's struggling families
  
Dave D Cortese
 
89090 votes
49.24%
- Occupation: County Supervisor/Businessman
 - Attorney
 - Former San Jose City Councilmember
 - Former East Side Union High School District Board Trustee
 - BA, UC Davis
 - JD, Lincoln Law School of San Jose
  
Priorities:
- Restore funding levels to public safety departments to improve community safety
 - Repair aging streets and roadways
 - Preserve and grow the city's tax base
  
  
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Candidates Answer Questions 
The  League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara has asked
all candidates for this office to respond to
5 questions on Concerns, Budget, Leadership, Balancing interests, and Campaign financing.
 
Official Information 
 
- Candidate Statements 
  
Events
Meet & Greet
 
- 10/2/14, 6:30-7 PM and 8-8:30 PM
 
Starlight Banquet on Minnesota 
680 Minnesota Avenue 
San Jose, CA 
Sponsored by: League of Women Voters, San Jose-Santa Clara
  
Candidate Forums
Archived Audio:  SJ Mayoral Debate at Ebay (9/29/2014) 
- 10/1/14, 6-8:30 PM
 
Roosevelt Community Center 
901 E. Santa Clara Street 
San Jose, CA 
Sponsored by: League of Women Voters, San Jose-Santa Clara
 - 10/2/14, 6:30 PM
 
Starlight Banquet on Minnesota 
680 Minnesota Avenue 
San Jose, CA 
Sponsored by: League of Women Voters, San Jose-Santa Clara
 - 10/6/14, 6:30 PM
- Candidates Forum
 
Mexican Heritage Plaza 
1700 Alum Rock Avenue 
San Jose, CA 95116 
 Sponsored by Rocketship, ACE, Alpha Public Schools, Downtown College Prep, Voices, PACT, CCSA, KIPP: Bay Area Schools
 - 10/8/14, 12 PM
 
Fourth Street Summit Center, Fairmont 
170 S. Market St., San Jose 
Sponsored by the Rotary Club 
 - 10/9/14, 6 PM
 
Morris Dailey Auditorium, San Jose State University 
1 Washington Square, San Jose 
Sponsored by SPUR
  
News and Analysis
San Jose Mercury News
 
San Jose Inside
NBC Bay Area
Next City
San Jose Business Journal
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