Jake Tonkel took the lead this fundraising period, with a wider range of small-dollar donors than Councilwoman Dev Davis who has raised the most this year.

Super Tuesday got off to a strong start in Santa Clara County with more than 8,000 voters casting their ballots by noon.

Candidates are knocking on doors while their sign-carrying minions work the phone banks in a last-ditch effort to #GetOutTheVote.

In District 8, Councilwoman Sylvia Arenas is squaring off with her old Evergreen School Board colleague, Jim Zito.

Business-aligned Lan Diep is defending his seat from school trustee David Cohen and attorneys Huy Tran and Jamal Khan.

Campaign donations to Ann Ravel, Nora Campos and Dave Cortese have raised questions about their political allegiances.

It’s a slick ad apparently produced to undermine Lan Diep’s re-election bid. According to its critics however, the piece is full of falsehoods.