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Adam Duran
Adam Duran ran in a special election to the San Jose City Council to represent District 3 in California. He lost in the special general election on April 8, 2025.
Duran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Adam Duran was born in San Jose, California. He earned a high school diploma from Mount Pleasant High School. His career experience includes working as a law enforcement officer, author, presenter, and commissioner.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in San Jose, California (2025)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for San Jose City Council District 3
Anthony Tordillos defeated Gabby Chavez-Lopez in the special general runoff election for San Jose City Council District 3 on June 24, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anthony Tordillos (Nonpartisan)  | 64.4 | 5,355 |
 | Gabby Chavez-Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 35.6 | 2,966 | |
| Total votes: 8,321 | |||
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General election
Special general election for San Jose City Council District 3
The following candidates ran in the special general election for San Jose City Council District 3 on April 8, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gabby Chavez-Lopez (Nonpartisan) | 30.0 | 2,712 |
| ✔ | | Anthony Tordillos (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 2,006 |
 | Matthew Quevedo (Nonpartisan) | 22.1 | 2,000 | |
 | Irene Smith (Nonpartisan) | 16.0 | 1,443 | |
 | Adam Duran (Nonpartisan) | 7.6 | 691 | |
 | Tyrone Wade (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 137 | |
| Philip Dolan (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 54 | ||
| Total votes: 9,043 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Adam Duran completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Duran's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Rising to the position of a Lieutenant Watch Commander, he managed budgets and supervised nearly 170 sworn personnel and many more civilian personnel. In this position, he was responsible for the safety and security of the facility as well as the health and welfare of thousands of incarcerated persons. Adam also worked as a supervisor at the Santa Clara County Reentry Center where, along with overseeing security for over one hundred civilian staff members, he also would connect people to services to ensure persons coming out of custody would be successfully reintegrated into the community. He worked to see that they were provided with access to medical and mental health services, substance abuse classes, the food pantry, Social Security resources and post-release job placement opportunities.
Adam also served on a local transportation commission, where he advised the City Council on initiatives that enhanced public transportation, bike and running trails, and parks. These experiences have prepared him to address the challenges facing District 3 with a focus on public safety, accessibility, and community well-being.- PUBLIC SAFETY: San Jose is no longer America’s Safest Big City. I am committed to reversing soaring citywide and downtown crime rates. The violent crime rate in downtown alone is triple the per capita city rate. We need to get repeat offenders off the street, end “smash and grab” policies that victimize our small businesses, and respect the enforcement of federal law, rather than engage in political posturing.
- UNHOUSED: Downtown residents want clean streets. They want to help people but don't want their neighborhoods turned over to vagrants. Laws need to be enforced, even when it comes to the unhoused. No more tent cities or sleeping in parks but more mental health and drug addiction facilities and treatment. Treatment should be mandatory for receiving city benefits.
- JOBS: We should revitalize and rebrand our downtown area by making it safer, more business-friendly, and attractive to shoppers and tourists. We have a great city and should reflect that in our downtown area. There is no reason we can’t attract visitors driven away by crime and chaos in other Bay Area cities to San Jose. That means a greater effort to attract and keep brand-name retailers and make parking more accessible and traffic more manageable.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate San Jose City Council District 3 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 13, 2025
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