Election Results
City of Palo Alto
This election's results
How City of Palo Alto voted in other elections
Candidate Races
1
City Council
Karen Holman
14.9%
+1.5%
Karen Holman
14.9%
+1.5%
11,281
Greg Scharff
13.4%
-1.5%
10,145
Tom Dubois
13.4%
-1.5%
10,097
Eric Filseth
12.2%
-2.7%
9,248
Cory Wolbach
10.9%
-4.0%
8,235
Lydia Kou
10.7%
-4.2%
8,100
Nancy Shepherd
8.9%
-6.0%
6,724
A.C. Johnston
6.9%
-8.0%
5,239
Mark Weiss
2.9%
-12.0%
2,171
John Karl Fredrich
2.7%
-12.2%
2,046
Seelam Sea Reddy
1.7%
-13.2%
1,270
Wayne Douglall
1.3%
-13.6%
954
Ballot Measures
3
Measure B
PASSED
76.3% Yes
+52.6%
To provide funding that cannot be taken away by the State for general fund infrastructure and City services such as earthquake safe fire stations; pedestrian and bike improvements including safe routes to school, streets, sidewalks, paths, and bridges; and maintaining parks and recreation facilities, shall the City increase the hotel/motel tax by two percent and update language to confirm equal treatment of traditional and online bookings?
Yes
76.3%
+52.6%
15,475
No
23.7%
-52.6%
4,812
Measure C
PASSED
85.1% Yes
+70.2%
To ensure continued funding for basic and essential services such as police, fire and street maintenance and repair, shall the City of Palo Alto maintain the telecommunications portion of the Utility Users Tax while reducing the rate from 5% to 4.75%; modernize its provisions to ensure equal treatment of taxpayers regardless of telecommunications technology used; and eliminate a discounted tax rate paid by a small number of commercial large users of gas, electric and water services?
Yes
85.1%
+70.2%
16,988
No
14.9%
-70.2%
2,978
Measure D
PASSED
53.7% Yes
+7.4%
Shall the Palo Alto City Charter be amended to change the number of Council Member seats from nine to seven, commencing on January 1, 2019?
Yes
53.7%
+7.4%
10,495
No
46.3%
-7.4%
9,048