Santa Clara County’s first open assessors race in additional than three a long time noticed Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor main after first returns on Tuesday night time as 4 candidates vie to fill the seat vacated by longtime Assessor Larry Stone.
The particular election was triggered by Stone’s determination to step down from the function in July forward of the expiration of his time period in December 2026. The 84-year-old was first elected as assessor in 1994, making him the longest-serving elected official within the county.
The assessor oversees an $8 billion public enterprise that assesses the worth of greater than 500,000 properties within the county.
Fligor led with 40% of the vote simply after 8 p.m. Former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar trailed behind her with 24% of the vote, adopted carefully by Saratoga Councilmember Yan Zhao with almost 21% of the vote and East Facet Union Excessive College District Trustee Bryan Do with 15% of the vote.
If no candidate wins greater than 50% of the vote, the 2 main candidates will compete in a December runoff. Greg Monteverde, who beforehand was the assistant assessor, is at the moment serving within the function within the interim.
