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Just more than four months after winning his District 3 San Jose City Council seat in a June special election, Anthony Tordillos is already launching his reelection campaign.

His Wednesday campaign announcement makes him the first candidate to enter the race for District 3, which covers San Jose’s downtown neighborhoods.

San José is being recognized as the nation's safest major city, but officials say there's still work to be done.

Tordillos — who previously worked at Google and served until Wednesday as chair of the planning commission — has seen an astronomical rise in his political stock since the seven-person political field to represent downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods was announced.

In a city long divided by the political interests of business and organized labor, San José Planning Commission Chair Anthony Tordillos charted a unique path to his apparent victory in Tuesday’s special City Council election.