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Santa Clara elections results 2016: 3 of 4 allegedly 49ers-backed city council candidates lose

Election Day is behind us, and there are some results that might be of interest to San Francisco 49ers fans (no other election talk in here, please). The Santa Clara city council had four seats up for grabs on Tuesday, and the results were likely not to the liking of some members of the 49ers organization.

Last month, Mayor Lisa Gillmor and a citizens group alleged people within the 49ers were using a SuperPAC to campaign against city council members who have caused issues with them in the past. 49ers VP of PR Bob Lange stated at the time, “This organization does not make a practice of commenting on political matters and will not begin doing so now in response to unsubstantiated rumors that support the personal agendas of local politicians.