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Tordillos Leads by Nearly $100,000 in San Jose District 3 Runoff Fundraising

The funding gap highlights how corporate interests alongside labor organizations could determine who backs Mayor Matt Mahan’s housing policy.

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Overview

  • Tordillos reported $360,734 in donations from June 8 to 23 compared with Chavez-Lopez’s $261,028 ahead of polls opening on June 24.
  • He has self-financed $210,000 of his total contributions, including a $20,000 loan to his own campaign committee.
  • In the final week, PAC endorsements for Tordillos surged with backing from the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, San Jose Police Officers Association and a new group called Californians Working Together to Support Tordillos that spent over $39,000.
  • Chavez-Lopez, who led the April primary with 29% of the vote, has received more than $500,000 in support from the South Bay Labor Council and faced criticism for corporate ties including PG&E.
  • The runoff will fill the seat left vacant by Omar Torres and could shift the City Council balance on Mayor Mahan’s housing and homelessness agenda.