Gary Kremen concedes Santa Clara Valley water district race; Eisenberg vows to oppose Pacheco Dam
In an outcome that could change whether Silicon Valley’s largest water district moves forward with a $2.5 billion plan to build a new dam at Pacheco Pass, voters have shaken up the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board. Gary Kremen, a tech investor who co-founded Match.com and once owned domain names like sex.com, jobs.com and housing.com, has been defeated in his effort to seek re-election to a third term by Rebecca Eisenberg, a Palo Alto attorney. Kremen conceded Wednesday after county elections officials updated the count and reported he was trailing 54.8% to 45.2% — or by 7,765 votes with roughly 8,000 ballots left to count.