With nearly all the votes counted in the race for Santa Clara County assessor, the contest is headed for a December runoff between Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor and former Saratoga Councilmember Rishi Kumar.

As of Monday afternoon, Fligor has a commanding lead with 37.7% of the vote from the Nov. 4 election compared to Kumar’s 24%. However, because Fligor did not surpass the 50% vote threshold needed to win the contest outright, the pair will compete in a Dec. 30 runoff election.

Saratoga Councilmember Yan Zhao and East Side Union High School District Board Member Bryan Do placed third and fourth place, respectively.

The two runoff candidates agree big changes are needed at the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office, including the completion of an ongoing tech modernization and reform

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