Santa Clara County District Races

Results are a combination of data provided by the Associated Press (AP) and county election offices. The AP calls winners by analyzing vote tallies and other election data. Check marks are used to denote a winner only when the AP calls a race.

Santa Clara Valley Water District Director, District 2

Top candidate wins seat.

Shiloh Christine Ballard65.8%
55,707 votes
Bill Roth34.1%
28,883 votes
Updated at 7:54 PM PT on Dec 5, 2024
Santa Clara County

El Camino Healthcare District Director

Top three candidates win seat.

Carol Ann Somersille29.7%
47,109 votes
Julia E. Miller(incumbent)28.2%
44,805 votes
John Zoglin(incumbent)25.6%
40,690 votes

Updated at 7:54 PM PT on Dec 5, 2024
Santa Clara County

Santa Clara Valley Water District Director, District 2

Top candidate wins seat.

Shiloh Christine Ballard65.8%
55,707 votes
Bill Roth34.1%
28,883 votes
Updated at 7:54 PM PT on Dec 5, 2024
Santa Clara County

Candidate Statements

Candidate Statements are excerpted from the statements provided to election offices, where available.

Bill Roth

  • Local business owner
  • Experience: “With nearly 15 years of experience with municipal-scale water projects in Latin America and 13+ years of board of directors experience, I bring extensive experience and trusted leadership.”
  • Fiscal Responsibility: “I understand the importance of fiscal responsibility and accountability.”
  • Priorities: “I am committed to transparency, community engagement, and innovative solutions to the challenges we face.”
  • www.electbillroth.com

Shiloh Christine Ballard

  • Climate policy advisor
  • Priorities: “Fight for affordable water rates, and future-proof our water supply through conservation, recycling, and the upkeep of our reservoirs, waterways, and treatment plants.”
  • Experience: “As an executive in environmental and climate policy, I worked for the Valley’s CEOs to plan for the infrastructure needs of our community and economy.”
  • Water Supply: “With climate change and a housing crisis, it is even more critical that the people elected to this leadership role understand the need to focus on what is most important: that we never have to worry about water.”
  • www.shilohballard.com

El Camino Healthcare District Director

Top three candidates win seat.

Carol Ann Somersille29.7%
47,109 votes
Julia E. Miller(incumbent)28.2%
44,805 votes
John Zoglin(incumbent)25.6%
40,690 votes

Updated at 7:54 PM PT on Dec 5, 2024
Santa Clara County

Candidate Statements

Candidate Statements are excerpted from the statements provided to election offices, where available.

Lynette Lee Eng

  • Los Altos City Council Member/senior liaison
  • Priorities: “Expanding access to care, improving patient outcomes, and enhancing the overall patient experience.”
  • Industrial Waste: “I will continue to advocate for industrial waste cleanup to protect our community’s health.”
  • Public Health: “I am passionate about addressing health disparities in our community. I will work to create programs that support underserved populations, ensuring that people in our district have access to the care they need regardless of their socioeconomic status.”
  • www.VoteLynetteLeeEng.com

Julia E. Miller

  • El Camino Healthcare District Director
  • Experience: “I have served on the board of the El Camino Healthcare District for 12 years, including as chair and vice chair.”
  • Accomplishments: “Our collective efforts allowed El Camino hospital to maintain our solid reputation and financial base, open new facilities … and expand Orchard Pavilion providing superb maternal-child health care for women, newborns and families.”
  • Priorities: “Support technology solutions, provide our patients with excellent care and treatment, expand services for critical needs, mental health, heart and vascular, diabetes, oncology and neurosciences.”

Carol Ann Somersille

  • Physician
  • Experience: “I have over two decades of experience guiding health care quality and have managed an independent medical practice in our community since the ’90s.”
  • Preventative Care: “I pledge to continue fostering improvements in preventive care and coordination between inpatient and outpatient care, thereby decreasing the need for hospitalization and readmission.”
  • Priorities: “As your elected board member, I pledge to continue working tirelessly to ensure our hospital remains controlled by the residents of the district and El Camino Healthcare District remains dedicated to comprehensively addressing our unique community health care needs.”
  • www.carolsomersille.com

John Zoglin

  • El Camino Healthcare District Director
  • Experience: “I have 20 years of experience as a digital marketing executive in the high-tech industry and currently specialize in health care analytics.”
  • Accomplishments: “During my time as director, El Camino Health has become rated in the top 10% of all hospitals nationally. In just the past five years, El Camino Health has expanded sixfold from three to 18 locations, and twentyfold from 10 to 200 doctors.”
  • Priorities: “I advocate for increased access to care for our underserved populations including services for children’s health, teen and adult mental health, cancer care, school nursing programs, women’s health services, stroke care, and domestic violence survivors.”
  • www.zoglinforelcaminohospital.org

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