Incumbent John Varela of Morgan Hill led in his bid for re-election while fellow incumbent Rebecca Eisenberg of Palo Alto trailed in her effort to win a second term in the race for the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board. At 11 p.m., Varela, the former mayor of Morgan Hill, led challenger Jimmy Forbis, 58%-41% in District 1 in the South County. Eisenberg, an attorney who formerly worked for PayPal and other tech companies and who was censured twice by fellow board members for misconduct, trailed former Los Altos Mayor Pete Dailey 57%-42% in District 7, which includes parts of the Peninsula. In District 6, representing San Jose, Phuong Nguyen, a staff member for state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, led non-profit director Milan Balinton 54%-45%. The largest water agency in Silicon Valley, the district is a government agency that provides water and flood protection to 2 million people.

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