Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao ran in a special election for Santa Clara County Assessor in California. Zhao lost in the special general election on November 4, 2025.
Zhao completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2025
See also: Municipal elections in Santa Clara County, California (2025)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Santa Clara County Assessor
Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar are running in the special general runoff election for Santa Clara County Assessor on December 30, 2025.
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 | Neysa Fligor (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Rishi Kumar (Nonpartisan) | |
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General election
Special general election for Santa Clara County Assessor
Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar advanced to a runoff. They defeated Yan Zhao and Bryan Do in the special general election for Santa Clara County Assessor on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Neysa Fligor (Nonpartisan) | 37.7 | 175,577 |
| ✔ | | Rishi Kumar (Nonpartisan) | 24.0 | 111,847 |
 | Yan Zhao (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 98,896 | |
 | Bryan Do (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 78,722 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 524 | ||
| Total votes: 465,566 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Yan Zhao completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zhao's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Yan Zhao is the only state licensed appraiser in the race for Santa Clara County Assessor and has more professional training than any other candidate in the race. As a two-term mayor, longtime councilmember and computer engineer, Yan truly understands the importance of the public services working families rely on.
- As Assessor, Yan will put residents first by treating us as the “customers” of government, ensuring respect and responsive service. She will modernize the office and bring it into the 21st century with technology, innovation and accountable leadership.
- She will make sure assessments are accurate and fair, so we can fund the services we need without asking hard-working families to keep paying more. And Yan will keep our local government accountable and protect the services our families rely on, like public schools, public safety, housing and solutions on homelessness.
Our schools get the funding they need
Public safety services are properly supported
Government operates transparently and
Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriffs' Association
San Jose Police Officers' Association
Santa Clara County Government Attorneys' Association
Mountain View Professional Firefighters Local 1965
Palo Alto Professional Firefighters
Ro Khanna – US Representative
Fiona Ma – California State Treasurer
John Chiang – Former California State Controller and Treasurer
Dave Cortese – California State Senator
Josh Becker - California State Senator
Jim Beall – Former California State Senator
Patrick Ahrens – California State Assemblymember
Evan Low – Former California State Assemblymember
Paul Fong – Former California State Assemblymember
Mike Eng – Former California State Assemblymember
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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