The 2010 San Jose City Council election took place on June 8, 2010, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place on November 2, 2010. Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan. Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office.
District 1 Incumbent Pete Constant was elected to the 1st district in 2006 in the primary with 64.5% of the vote. He was eligible to run for reelection.
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District 3 Incumbent Sam Liccardo was elected to the 3rd district in 2006 in the runoff with 61.3% of the vote. He was eligible to run for reelection.
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District 5 Incumbent Nora Campos was elected to the 5th district in a special election in 2005 in a special election primary, and was subsequently reelected in 2002 and 2006. She was ineligible to run for reelection.
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District 7 Incumbent Madison Nguyen was elected to the 7th district in 2006 in the primary with 100% of the vote. She was eligible to run for reelection.
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District 9 Incumbent Judy Chirco was elected to the 9th district in 2002 and 2006. She was ineligible to run for reelection.
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