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Elizabeth Chien-Hale
Elizabeth Chien-Hale ran for election to the San Jose City Council to represent District 3 in California. She lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.
Chien-Hale completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in San Jose, California (2022)
General election
General election for San Jose City Council District 3
Omar Torres defeated Irene Smith in the general election for San Jose City Council District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Omar Torres (Nonpartisan) | 65.6 | 11,657 |
 | Irene Smith (Nonpartisan)  | 34.4 | 6,107 | |
| Total votes: 17,764 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for San Jose City Council District 3
Omar Torres and Irene Smith defeated Joanna Rauh, Elizabeth Chien-Hale, and Ivan Torres in the primary for San Jose City Council District 3 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Omar Torres (Nonpartisan) | 44.2 | 5,182 |
| ✔ | | Irene Smith (Nonpartisan) | 19.9 | 2,340 |
| Joanna Rauh (Nonpartisan) | 15.1 | 1,776 | ||
 | Elizabeth Chien-Hale (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 1,647 | |
 | Ivan Torres (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 785 | |
| Total votes: 11,730 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elizabeth Chien-Hale completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Chien-Hale's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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represent D3 residents in City Hall and to meet the challenges San Jose faces in housing, economy, environment, and infrastructure. In search of the American Dream, Elizabeth immigrated to the US at age 13. She graduated from UC, Berkeley, with a Bachelor's in aerospace engineering and a Master's in Computational Linguistics/Al. She also received law degrees from University of Hawaii and Georgetown University Law Center.
Today, Elizabeth is a community activist bridging the businesses and our downtown community, making housing more affordable, and fighting crime and blight in our neighborhoods. She donated countless hours to help develop transportation infrastructure and integrate San Jose into the regional tech ecosystem. She is also helping to advance our next generation as adjunct law teacher.
Elizabeth is running for City Council because she delivers bold, effective leadership to confront the continuing problems of housing, homelessness, public safety. Elizabeth is a doer who will find common ground to advance our priorities and improve the quality of life for all residents. An independent thinker, Elizabeth is not obliged to any special interest groups. Her only interest is in delivering
results for families in our district. www.ChienHale.com- Grow the economy so the City can deliver services and make infrastructural upgrades without additional taxes
- Control homelessness and build affordable housing
- Restore public confidence in the safety of our City
Develop and enhance the innovation economy
voice of reason,
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See also
2022 Elections
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