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With 100% of votes reported, Councilmember Tanaka wins re-election for another four years on the Palo Alto City Council. Tanaka shook up the race by holding his seat against both a progressive newcomer slate and the residentialist slate, in a contentious and expensive Palo Alto election.

With a population of fewer than 70,000 residents, Palo Alto sets the bar high for a small city with its cutthroat election tactics and fundraising. The long-standing struggle between “pro-housing” and “residentialists” has increased fundraising competition during the past several elections. This year, the progressive newcomer slate and the residentialist slate raised a reported $330,000 combined so far for 2020, nearly quadrupling the amount of Tanaka campaign contributions.

The Tanaka campaign ran independently without pooled resources from the slates and without political consultants, making his campaign 100% volunteer-powered. Although his resources were limited, he persevered through the race with over 400 endorsers, the most of any candidate, and maintained his seat on City Council.

“I owe much of the campaign success to my team of over 80 volunteers and Palo Alto residents,” said Tanaka. “My legislative aides have helped me reach out to the community extensively with office hours nearly every week for the last four years, inspiring me to make City Hall work for everyone.”

Tanaka endured negative campaign ads, personal attacks and a failed complaint to the Fair Political Practices Commission, all in an effort to discredit his candidacy. Instead, his campaign remained transparent and loyal to shared community values with no negative campaigning. The Tanaka campaign received 100% of donations from community stakeholders in Palo Alto, without resorting to hiding any contributions behind independent expenditures.

“I understand the dissatisfaction citizens may have with our government,” said Tanaka. “Whether you supported my campaign or not, I am a councilmember for everyone and will work to bridge any division that exists between our residents and our elected officials.”

Since being elected to City Council in 2016, Tanaka has helped with pension reform and worked to minimize city tax and fee increases. As a councilmember during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanaka championed downtown street closures to cars and parklets for restaurants and business grants for store-front businesses.

Tanaka hopes to help revitalize Palo Alto’s local economy with a recovery plan that meets this year’s unprecedented challenges while also preserving the city’s quality of life. Through his regular office hours every Sunday, Tanaka plans to prioritize constituent services in order to make City Hall more inclusive and representative of the city’s diverse community.

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The latest results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. The top four candidates were elected.

Patrick Burt 13.35% 14,353

Lydia Kou* 12.49% 13,424

Greg Lin Tanaka* 12.02% 12,920

Greer Stone 11.17% 12,005

Ed Lauing 10.38% 11,163

Raven Malone 10.05% 10,804

Steven Lee 9.58% 10,299

Carolyn Templeton 9.22% 9,912

Rebecca Eisenberg 7.25% 7,793

Ajit Varma 4.51% 4,845

Total: 107,518

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