The 2016 San Jose City Council election took place on June 7, 2016, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place on November 8, 2016. Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan. Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office.
District 2 Incumbent Ash Kalra was elected to the 2nd district in 2008 and 2012. He was ineligible for reelection.
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District 4 Kansen Chu was initially elected to the 4th district in a special election runoff in 2007, and was subsequently reelected in 2008 and 2012. Chu resigned his City Council seat in 2014 before the end of his term after winning a seat in the State Assembly in the November 2014 general election. Manh Nguyen won the special election runoff in June 2015 for the remainder of Chu's term.
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District 6 Incumbent Pierluigi Oliverio was initially elected to the 6th district in a special election primary in 2007, and was subsequently reelected in 2008 and 2012. He was ineligible for reelection.
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District 8 Incumbent Rose Herrera was elected to the 8th district in 2008 and 2012. She was ineligible for reelection.
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District 10 Incumbent Johnny Khamis was elected to the 10th district in 2012 in the runoff with 52.6% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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