Steve Brown (California)
Steve Brown ran for election for Mayor of San Jose in California. He lost in the general election on June 5, 2018.
Brown was a candidate for District 2 of the San Jose City Council in California. Because no candidate won a majority of votes cast in the primary election on June 7, 2016, a general election was held on November 8, 2016. Brown advanced to the general election.[1][2]
Although city council elections in San Jose are officially nonpartisan, Brown is known to be affiliated with the Republican Party.[3]
Biography
Brown studied at San Jose State University.[4]
From 2009 to 2015, he was president of his own national security company, Echelon Security. His professional experience also includes work as a community worker for the San Jose Police Department's Gang Taskforce, a guidance aide for the Oak Grove Unified School District, and an intern for then-Austin City Councilwoman Charlotte Powers.[4][5]
Brown has served as a placement committee chair for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the security community organization ASIS International and a board member for the homeless outreach group Meet the Challenge. He was awarded a San Jose Mayoral Commendation in 2012 and a Ross Donald Good Citizen Award in 2013 for intervening in a 2012 bank robbery. Brown and his wife, Rosa, have two children.[4][5]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Mayor of San Jose
Incumbent Sam Liccardo defeated Steve Brown, Quangminh Pham, and Tyrone Wade in the general election for Mayor of San Jose on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sam Liccardo (Nonpartisan) | 75.8 | 120,846 |
 | Steve Brown (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 22,764 | |
| Quangminh Pham (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 11,330 | ||
 | Tyrone Wade (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 4,406 | |
| Total votes: 159,346 | |||
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2016
The city of San Jose, California, held elections for five of its nine city council seats on June 7, 2016. While the June election was called a primary, it was functionally a general election.
If no candidate won a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast in a primary, the top two vote-getters in the race advanced to an election on November 8, 2016. The November election was called a general election, but it was functionally a runoff election.[6] Sergio Jimenez defeated Steve Brown in the general election for San Jose City Council District 2.
| San Jose City Council District 2, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sergio Jimenez |
54.97% | 17,629 |
| Steve Brown | 45.03% | 14,441 |
| Total Votes | 32,070 | |
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," December 8, 2016 | ||
| San Jose City Council District 2, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Sergio Jimenez |
32.86% | 5,953 |
| Steve Brown |
31.96% | 5,790 |
| Joe Lopez | 22.83% | 4,136 |
| Eli Portales | 12.35% | 2,238 |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 18,117 | |
| Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Unofficial Semifinal Results," accessed June 27, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2016
Brown's 2016 campaign website highlighted the following policy priorities:
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Endorsements
2016
Brown received endorsements from the following in 2016:[8]
- Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility
- The Lincoln Club of Northern California
- San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Santa Clara County Association of Realtors
- Santa Clara County Republican Party
- Silicon Valley Association of Republican Women
- Former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed
- Former San Jose Councilman Johnny Khamis
- Former San Jose Councilman Forrest Williams
- East Side Union High School District Board Trustee Van Le
- Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves
- Sunnyvale Mayor Glenn Hendricks
See also
| San Jose, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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- San Jose, California
- Municipal elections in San Jose, California (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "June 7, 2016 Presidential Primary Election," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ City of San Jose, "List of Candidates - November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ Santa Clara County Republican Party, "SVGOP Endorsements," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 LinkedIn, "Steve Brown," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Steve Brown - Candidate for City Council, San Jose District 2, "About Steve Brown," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters, "Past Election Information," accessed September 16, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Steve Brown - Candidate for City Council, San Jose District 2," accessed September 30, 2016
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