Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San Jose City Councilmember Matt Mahan advanced to a November 8 runoff election.

[1] On November 16, Cindy Chavez conceded the race to Matt Mahan.

[2] Due to San Jose term limits, which sets a maximum of two total terms, incumbent mayor Sam Liccardo was not eligible to run for reelection.

San Jose uses a top-two primary system; if no candidate received a majority of the June 7, 2022 vote, a runoff would be held between the top two candidates on November 8, 2022.

On the same day, Councilmember Dev Davis, who represented District 6, Willow Glen, also announced a campaign for mayor.