By Khalida Sarwari
Voters in Santa Clara County elected 11 city council members in three city council races in Santa Clara County Tuesday, according to complete unofficial election results.
Cupertino re-elected incumbent Orrin Mahoney to the City Council with 18 percent of the unofficial tally. Businessman Mark Santoro was also re-elected to the City Council with 16 percent of the vote. Barry Chang, another businessman, also won with nearly 16 percent of the vote.
In the race for five seats on the Palo Alto City Council, incumbent Larry Klein garnered nearly 13 percent of the vote, as did professional city and transportation planner Gail Price and businesswoman and consultant Karen Holman.
Nancy Shepherd, a managerial accountant, received nearly 11 percent of the vote and attorney Gregory Scharff won the fifth and final seat with 9.5 percent of the vote.
In Sunnyvale, Anthony Spitaleri, currently the city’s mayor, was re-elected to the City Council with 54 percent of the vote. Vice Mayor Christopher Moylan was also re-elected to the City Council with 55 percent of the vote. James Griffith, an engineering manager, won the third seat on the council with 56 percent of the vote.
A total of 56,760 votes were tallied in Santa Clara County for the various measures and elections, according to the county’s registrar of voters.