Comments on: Tordillos declares victory in San Jose special election

By: Joe Smith

Joe Smith — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:13:52 +0000

I want to care, I really do. However, as far as I can tell from a political perspective there’s no difference between who was voted into office vs. who just left. Neither of the “finalists” will likely make a difference in San Jose so the outcome of this after the first round of the election really didn’t matter much.

By: Noelle Gillies

Noelle Gillies — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:53:09 +0000

Thanks to the 8000 or so voters who came out to vote. Voting in local elections make a big difference. I don’t know why more people don’t vote in local elections. Their voices are magnified compared to national elections.

By: Noelle Gillies

Noelle Gillies — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:49:27 +0000

In reply to Lisa Nguyen. Or she didn't have an editor. She must be exhausted from all the campaigning.

By: Lisa Nguyen

Lisa Nguyen — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:49:30 +0000

Gabby sent a concession email today.

She called him Anthony Trujillo.

It’s amazing…
After all the campaigning and all the mailers, she never knew his name.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:16:38 +0000

So, after losing in a historic landslide, Gabby Chavez-Lopez has informed us that the real problem here wasn’t, say, her message, her strategy, or her connection with voters — no, no. It was “outside special interests.” Of course it was.

Apparently, the California Association of Realtors and Silicon Valley Biz PAC “crossed a line.” That’s cute. Because if there’s one thing that really defined this campaign, it was the mailer — you know the one — the tasteless, over-the-top hit piece portraying Matthew Quevedo as some kind of Elon Musk superfan. That wasn’t sent by realtors. That came from her side. Her allies. Her corner of the sandbox.

If that’s what Gabby considers “raising the standard,” we’d hate to see what scraping the bottom looks like.

Spare us the lecture on truth and integrity. Voters didn’t buy the hit jobs. They didn’t buy the blame-shifting. And they certainly didn’t buy the candidacy. What they did was show up and send a message loud and clear: hard pass.

So yes, San Jose deserves better. They just voted for it.