Supervisor, District 2
Board of Supervisors, District 2
Candidate with majority vote wins seat. If no candidate reaches majority, top two candidates advance to runoff in general election.
Betty Duong31.8%
14,031 votes
Madison Nguyen29%
12,794 votes
Corina Herrera-Loera23.8%
10,519 votes
Updated at 7:05 PM PT on April 4, 2024
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County
Why does this race matter?
District 2 is located entirely within San José, so the winner of this board of supervisors seat will be the voice for the city’s downtown and East San José. Labor groups are hoping to elect another union-friendly candidate to succeed termed-out labor stalwart Cindy Chavez.
What does a county supervisor do?
Supervisors govern county programs and departments and approve the county budget. Their largest area of spending is traditionally health care and human services. Supervisors are also responsible for local jails and elections, and they make decisions on law enforcement and housing in unincorporated areas of the county. If a supervisor candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the primary, they take office for a four-year term. Otherwise, the top two candidates face off in the November general election.
Candidates
Jennifer CelayaFounder, New Beginnings Family Services
Betty DuongChief of Staff, Supervisor Cindy Chavez
Corina Herrera-LoeraTrustee, Alum Rock Union School District
Nelson McElmurryAttorney
Madison NguyenFormer City Council Member, San José
Key Supporters
This list represents notable organizations and individuals who have taken a position on the ballot measure or candidate, or who are funding campaigns in support or opposition. This list is not exhaustive, and may be updated.
For Celaya
- N/A
For Duong
- Zoe Lofgren, U.S. representative
- Dave Cortese, state senator
- Cindy Chavez, supervisor, Santa Clara County
- South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council
- County Employees Management Association
For Herrera-Loera
- Sergio Jimenez, City Council member, San José
- Raul Peralez, former City Council member, San José
- Andrea Flores Shelton, trustee, Alum Rock Union School district
- Blanca Alvarado, former supervisor, Santa Clara County
- Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
For McElmurry
- N/A
For Nguyen
- Arjun Batra, City Council member, San José
- Pam Foley, City Council member, San José
- Chuck Reed, former mayor, San José
- Ron Gonzales, former mayor, San José
- Ann Ravel, former commissioner, Federal Election Commission
Positions on Key IssuesThis list represents notable organizations and individuals who have taken a position on the ballot measure or candidate, or who are funding campaigns in support or opposition. This list is not exhaustive, and may be updated.
This list represents notable organizations and individuals who have taken a position on the ballot measure or candidate, or who are funding campaigns in support or opposition. This list is not exhaustive, and may be updated.
Santa Clara County has committed most of the money from the $950 million Measure A affordable housing bond voters approved in 2016. Do you support another bond? What is your plan for making housing more affordable and reducing homelessness?
Celaya believes, “There's been too much money poured into Santa Clara County for this housing crisis to not have been resolved.” She wants housing to come with robust supportive services but is also calling for greater accountability for residents to transition off of Section 8 vouchers or exit temporary housing.
Duong was the campaign manager for Measure A, which she calls “the boldest, most groundbreaking, affordable housing bond measure to date.” She vows to focus on preventing more residents from becoming unhoused “with the same vigor that we’ve approached building affordable housing.”
Herrera-Loera touts her work as an Alum Rock Union school board member in passing a bond to build teacher housing on school property. She supports the county’s construction of permanent affordable housing but says, “I haven't heard enough [about] this kind of emergency shelters, this short-term [housing].”
McElmurry says he would review the county’s Measure A affordable housing spending “before I say, ‘Hey, let's move forward with additional housing in the same manner.’” He says the conversion of motels into homeless housing in San José “is causing a lot of challenges for the neighborhood.”
Nguyen says, “I don't want to see another bond moving forward unless we actually do an audit of what we have done,” with Measure A spending. She says as a former San José City Council member she approved affordable housing projects such as the Corde Terra apartments by the county fairgrounds.
The state government has recently approved changes to make it easier to compel people with severe mental illness into treatment and housing. Do you support those changes? What will you do as a supervisor to help residents with severe mental illness?
Celaya says her experience running a family services nonprofit equips her to tackle reforms to mental health treatment. She’s in the “middle of the road” on expanding conservatorship. “In my 27 years in the legal field, I have experienced a lot of people under conservatorship not being managed appropriately.”
Duong says she supports the state’s direction to “have a more proactive intervention” with people suffering with behavioral health challenges. But she says the state is creating an unfunded mandate by making it easier to place people in a conservatorship “without providing any additional resources” for the county.
Herrera-Loera says mental health treatment is an “area of growth. We are still failing our community.” She says she looks forward to implementing the state policies and connecting more residents who have mental health needs with case managers.
McElmurry says the years he has spent getting mental health treatment has motivated him to support expanded access to treatment for county residents. He says the expansion of conservatorship should be judged on a case-by-case basis.
Nguyen is criticizing current supervisors for delaying the expansion of conservatorship in Santa Clara County. “I think that it’s time that Santa Clara County stop making excuses and move forward, finding solutions, because we are talking about people who are most vulnerable and they are in crisis mode.”
Hundreds of people have died from fentanyl overdoses in the county in recent years. What is your plan to fight this epidemic and prevent deaths, especially among the county’s youngest residents?
Celaya says more oversight is needed for the county health system. “They’re giving out opiates like candy. And I believe wholeheartedly that that is where the issue is stemming from.” She also wants more drug treatment centers that can be accessed without referrals.
Duong touts her work as chief of staff for Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who created a fentanyl working group. “We were the first county to make Narcan available in all of our public libraries. We’ve made Narcan available on all the buses and light rail.” She wants to make fentanyl education accessible in more languages, like Vietnamese.
Herrera-Loera says she has experience dealing with substance use issues as a youth probation officer. She says the county has focused on making Narcan available “but we’re not really putting the same focus on the prevention piece, which is, to me, more important.”
McElmurry says his approach would be to fund drug education and mental health resources, particularly in schools. “You can't just simply approach this by saying we're going to go arrest all the fentanyl bad guys selling it out there, because many of them themselves are addicted users.”
Nguyen wants to partner with schools to bring drug education into the classroom, “even [among] elementary school students. That is so desperately needed right now,” she says. “It will cost less to go out there and prevent a tragedy from happening rather than having to intervene when something does happen.”
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Measure A
Santa Clara. Appointed city clerk. Passes with majority vote.
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6,580 votes
No67.6%
13,735 votes
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Santa Clara County
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Measure B
Santa Clara. Appointed police chief. Passes with majority vote.
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14,887 votes
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