The 2004 San Jose City Council election took place on March 2, 2004, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place on November 2, 2004. Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan. Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office.
District 2 Incumbent Forrest Williams was elected to the 2nd district in 2000 in the runoff with 55.9% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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District 4 Incumbent Chuck Reed was elected to the 4th district in 2000 in the runoff with 60.0% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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District 6 Incumbent Ken Yeager was elected to the 6th district in 2000 in the runoff with 53.8% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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District 8 Incumbent Dave Cortese was elected to the 6th district in 2000 in the runoff with 64.2% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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District 10 Incumbent Pat Dando was initially elected to the 10th district in a special election runoff in 1995, and was subsequently reelected in 1996 and 2000. She was ineligible for reelection.
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