1:28 p.m.: Orange County agreed with state voters on most ballot initiatives, although more of us did want to keep choking on polluted air until the unemployment rate drops and most like the state budget approval process to remain fucked-up, thank you very much (probably because many are philosophically opposed to state budgets in the first place).
The Orange County Registrar of Voters results after the jump reflect state ballot propositions and local measures.
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Orange County results. * indicates statewide winner
19 – LEGALIZES MARIJUANA UNDER CALIFORNIA BUT NOT FEDERAL LAW
Yes 261,275 42.4%
*No 354,719 57.6%
20 – REDISTRICTING OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
*Yes 403,373 69.4%
No 177,927 30.6%
21- ESTABLISHES $18 ANNUAL VEHICLE LICENSE SURCHARGE TO HELP FUND STATE PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Yes 206,447 34.0%
No* 401,585 66.0%
22 – PROHIBITS THE STATE FROM BORROWING OR TAKING FUNDS USED FOR TRANSPORTATION
Yes* 357,844 60.7%
No 232,154 39.3%
23 – SUSPENDS IMPLEMENTATION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAW
Yes 307,324 51.3%
No* 292,234 48.7%
24 – REPEALS RECENT LEGISLATION THAT GRANTED TAX BREAKS TO BUSINESSES
Yes 185,955 31.8%
No* 399,040 68.2%
25 – CHANGES LEGISLATIVE VOTE REQUIREMENT TO PASS BUDGET AND BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION ON TIME
Yes* 254,624 43.0%
No 337,430 57.0%
26 – REQUIRES THAT CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL FEES BE APPROVED BY TWO-THIRDS VOTE
Yes* 376,784 64.5%
No 207,521 35.5%
27 – ELIMINATES STATE COMMISSION ON REDISTRICTING
Yes 205,026 35.8%
No* 367,840 64.2%
* indicates local winners
G – Anaheim City School District, Local Elementary School Classroom Safety Bonds
Yes* 12,713 62.6%
No 7,607 37.4%
H – Capistrano Unified School District, Trustees Elected 'By Trustee Area'
Yes* 51,060 65.3%
No 27,163 34.7%
I – Magnolia School District, School Improvement and Repair Measure Bonds
Yes* 4,222 65.2%
No 2,255 34.8%
J – Anaheim, Authorization Of Design-Build Procurement For Public Works Projects
Yes* 26,636 63.7%
No 15,147 36.3%
K – Anaheim, Prohibition Of Automated Traffic Enforcement Systems (Red Light Cameras)
Yes* 32,938 72.9%
No 12,266 27.1%
L – Costa Mesa, Transient Occupancy Rate Increase
Yes* 9,951 51.8%
No 9,276 48.2%
M – Fullerton, Term Limits
Yes* 19,774 79.8%
No 4,996 20.2%
N – Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach City Charter Comprehensive Update Measure
Yes* 21,812 54.8%
No 18,007 45.2%
O – Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach City Charter Section 617, Infrastructure Fund Measure
Yes* 19,060 45.4%
No 22,956 54.6%
P – Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach UUT Modernization/Reduction Measure
Yes* 29,443 68.0%
No 13,868 32.0%
Q – Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Private Wireless Communication Facilities Advisory Measure
Yes 20,016 43.8%
No* 25,691 56.2%
R – Irvine, Irvine School Support Initiative
Yes* 28,186 77.1%
No 8,366 22.9%
S – Irvine, Irvine Sustainable Community Initiative
Yes* 24,142 65.5%
No 12,711 34.5%
T – Laguna Hills Term Limits
Yes* 5,939 74.4%
No 2,046 25.6%
U – La Palma, Utility Users Tax Amendment
Yes* 3,300 91.6%
No 301 8.4%
V – Newport Beach, Charter Amendments and Ordinance Repeals (involving oil drilling, taxation policies, the repeal of a cap on public funding to the Chamber of Commerce, and elimination of the current requirement to publish city ordinances in the newspaper)
Yes* 14,432 61.8%
No 8,904 38.2%
W – Placentia, City of Placentia Utility Users Tax Modernization Measure
Yes* 6,498 61.0%
No 4,156 39.0%
X – Tustin, Appointment of City Clerk
Yes* 6,955 62.0%
No 4,268 38.0%
Y – Yorba Linda, Yorba Linda Ethics Ordinance
Yes* 16,124 85.2%
No 2,800 14.8%
Z – Yorba Linda, Yorba Linda Affordable Housing Ordinance – Savi Ranch
Yes 9,456 49.8%
No* 9,543 50.2%
AA – Westminster, Repeal of Current Ban on State-Approved Fireworks
Yes* 9,277 63.0%
No 5,443 37.0%
12:32 p.m.: Good Lord, there are a lot of city council and
special districts in Orange County, as reflected in the Orange County
Registrar of Voters results after the jump that also include the county
supervisor and treasurer races.
Winners are indicated based on
precinct votes, but keep in mind in the close races that mail, absentee
and provisional ballots yet to be counted could change those outcomes.
* indicates winners or leaders before all absentee and provisional ballots are counted
County Supervisor 4th District
*SHAWN NELSON 48,952 62.9%
HARRY SIDHU 28,911 37.1%
Treasurer-Tax Collector
*SHARI FREIDENRICH 263,281 54.6%
KEITH RODENHUIS 218,767 45.4%
CITY OF ALISO VIEJO Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*PHILLIP TSUNODA 5,138 38.8%
*CARMEN CAVE 4,395 33.2%
WILLIAM PERKINS 2,154 16.3%
DANIEL SYDOR 1,564 11.8%
CITY OF ANAHEIM Mayor
*TOM TAIT 23,807 55.5%
SHIRLEY MCCRACKEN 13,375 31.2%
DENIS FITZGERALD 5,710 13.3%
CITY OF ANAHEIM Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*GAIL EASTMAN 14,654 19.4%
*KRIS MURRAY 12,560 16.6%
JOHN LEOS 8,963 11.8%
LINDA LINDER 5,873 7.8%
ROBERT NELSON 5,238 6.9%
THOMAS HOLGUIN 5,015 6.6%
BILL DALATI 3,807 5.0%
BRIAN CHUCHUA 3,572 4.7%
SANDY PARKE 3,538 4.7%
ROBERT FLORES 3,193 4.2%
DUSTIN APODACA 2,898 3.8%
DENNIS VARNUM 2,593 3.4%
JOHN SANTOIANNI 2,141 2.8%
RUDY GAONA 1,638 2.2%
CITY OF BREA Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*ROY MOORE 4,806 19.9%
*RON GARCIA 4,137 17.2%
*BRETT MURDOCK 3,806 15.8%
STEVEN VARGAS 3,534 14.7%
RIC CLOUGH 3,326 13.8%
DON HAVARD 1,983 8.2%
JIM GROSSE 1,800 7.5%
ELLEKE HUMPHREYS 715 3.0%
CITY OF BUENA PARK Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*ELIZABETH SWIFT 4,796 16.6%
*MILLER OH 4,693 16.2%
*STEVE BERRY 4,222 14.6%
JERRY KONG 3,226 11.1%
DON MCCAY 2,978 10.3%
BARON NIGHT 2,227 7.7%
PAUL GONZALES 1,686 5.8%
GREG FERGUSON 1,628 5.6%
JACK MAULLER 1,378 4.8%
JEANNINE SCOTT 1,352 4.7%
JORDON PEACHER 784 2.7%
CITY OF COSTA MESA Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*JIM RIGHEIMER 9,218 31.5%
*WENDY LEECE 8,235 28.1%
CHRIS MCEVOY 7,675 26.2%
SUE LESTER 2,859 9.8%
CHAD W PETSCHL 1,277 4.4%
CITY OF DANA POINT Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*STEVEN WEINBERG 4,969 23.9%
*LISA BARTLETT 4,800 23.1%
*WILLIAM BROUGH 4,628 22.2%
JOEL BISHOP 4,124 19.8%
DANA KISLIG 2,294 11.0%
CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*JOHN J. COLLINS 6,146 18.1%
*MARK MCCURDY 4,964 14.7%
*MICHAEL VO 4,420 13.0%
CHERYL BROTHERS 4,256 12.6%
GUY CARROZZO 4,137 12.2%
STEVE SCHULTZ 3,090 9.1%
PATRICK TUCKER 2,473 7.3%
DUY NGUYEN 1,893 5.6%
FRANK PERDICARO 1,458 4.3%
JIM PULL 1,042 3.1%
CITY OF FULLERTON Member, City Council, Full Term
(Vote for 2)
*DON BANKHEAD 8,743 21.1%
*DOUG CHAFFEE 7,524 18.2%
PAT MCKINLEY 7,424 17.9%
GREG SEBOURN 4,567 11.0%
BARRY LEVINSON 4,377 10.6%
MARTY BURBANK 4,035 9.7%
JESSE LA TOUR 3,446 8.3%
JOHNNIE ATKINSON 1,308 3.2%
CITY OF FULLERTON Member, City Council, Short Term
*BRUCE WHITAKER 8,393 37.8%
ROLAND CHI 6,522 29.3%
AARON GREGG 5,200 23.4%
ANTHONY FONTE 2,113 9.5%
CITY OF GARDEN GROVE Mayor
*WILLIAM DALTON 19,027 74.1%
MYKE COSSOTA 6,641 25.9%
CITY OF GARDEN GROVE Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*BRUCE BROADWATER 14,926 37.9%
*DINA NGUYEN 14,322 36.4%
JAMES YBARRA 10,114 25.7%
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH Member, City Council
(Vote for 4)
*CONNIE BOARDMAN 14,472 9.3%
*JOE CARCHIO 13,627 8.8%
*MATTHEW HARPER 11,100 7.2%
*JOE SHAW 10,551 6.8%
BARBARA DELGLEIZE 10,160 6.6%
BLAIR FARLEY 9,982 6.4%
JIM KATAPODIS 9,728 6.3%
BILLY O'CONNELL 9,396 6.1%
DAN KALMICK 8,085 5.2%
FRED SPEAKER 7,911 5.1%
NORM WESTWELL 7,626 4.9%
BILL RORICK 7,419 4.8%
HEATHER GROW 7,099 4.6%
SHAWN ROSELIUS 5,640 3.6%
BRUCE BRANDT 5,331 3.4%
ERIK PETERSON 5,130 3.3%
LANDON FICHTNER 3,470 2.2%
ANDRISSA DOMINGUEZ 3,066 2.0%
WILLIAM GRUNWALD 2,726 1.8%
JOHN VON HOLLE 2,336 1.5%
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Attorney
*JENNIFER MCGRATH 29,582 72.6%
T. GABE HOUSTON 11,183 27.4%
CITY OF IRVINE Mayor
*SUKHEE KANG 23,841 63.2%
CHRISTOPHER GONZALES 13,879 36.8%
CITY OF IRVINE Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*LARRY AGRAN 15,536 23.4%
*JEFFREY LALLOWAY 15,011 22.6%
*LYNN SCHOTT 13,360 20.1%
SHIVA FARIVAR 12,187 18.3%
CHRIS MOORE 5,843 8.8%
BIJAN MAZARJI 2,374 3.6%
YUNUS AKSOY 2,190 3.3%
CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*KELLY H. BOYD 5,283 30.5%
*ELIZABETH PEARSON 4,888 28.2%
*TONI ISEMAN 4,397 25.3%
EMANUEL PATRASCU 2,781 16.0%
CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*BARBARA KOGERMAN 4,613 25.0%
*MELODY CARRUTH 4,263 23.1%
*RANDAL BRESSETTE 2,899 15.7%
CRAIG SCOTT 2,859 15.5%
RANDAL SCOTT OAKLEY 1,400 7.6%
ALI DJOWHARZADEH 1,198 6.5%
SAEID HARIRI 719 3.9%
PIERRE B. GILBERT 524 2.8%
CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*LINDA LINDHOLM 13,218 53.9%
*ROBERT MING 9,043 36.8%
MIKE FAIR 2,280 9.3%
CITY OF LA HABRA Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*JAMES GOMEZ 6,775 42.8%
*MICHAEL BLAZEY 4,916 31.0%
DAREN NIGSARIAN 4,155 26.2%
CITY OF LAKE FOREST Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*SCOTT VOIGTS 8,582 22.6%
*PETER HERZOG 8,548 22.5%
*KATHRYN MCCULLOUGH 7,247 19.1%
JIM GARDNER 7,047 18.5%
RICHARD DIXON 6,571 17.3%
CITY OF LA PALMA Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*HENRY CHAROEN 1,791 28.9%
*STEVE HWANGBO 1,621 26.1%
NOELLA LEW 1,476 23.8%
GERARD GOEDHART 1,318 21.2%
CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*WARREN KUSUMOTO 1,276 18.2%
*TROY EDGAR 1,176 16.8%
*GERRI GRAHAM-MEJIA 1,112 15.9%
CONSTANTINE ZARKOS 1,035 14.8%
BRAD SHERIDAN 1,013 14.5%
DEAN GROSE 1,005 14.3%
JOHANNA SCHLEUTER 387 5.5%
CITY OF MISSION VIEJO Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*PATRICIA KELLEY 11,257 18.6%
*DAVID LECKNESS 8,111 13.4%
*RHONDA REARDON 8,109 13.4%
RICK SANDZIMIER 5,837 9.6%
BRIAN SKALSKY 5,269 8.7%
NEIL LONSINGER 5,249 8.7%
BILL BARKER 4,358 7.2%
FRED CARR 3,459 5.7%
MARK DOBRILOVIC 2,804 4.6%
LANCE MACLEAN 2,762 4.6%
KEN GOLEMO 1,759 2.9%
SAM MAMOLA 1,634 2.7%
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Member, City Council, District 1
*MIKE HENN 17,656 100.0%
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Member, City Council, District 3
*RUSH HILL 12,010 54.9%
EDWARD RENO 9,854 45.1%
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Member, City Council, District 4
*LESLIE DAIGLE 13,151 62.1%
MARK TABBERT 8,012 37.9%
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Member, City Council, District 6
*NANCY GARDNER 17,821 100.0%
CITY OF ORANGE Mayor
*CAROLYN CAVECCHE 17,023 64.2%
JON DUMITRU 9,478 35.8%
CITY OF ORANGE Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*FRED WHITAKER 10,546 22.7%
*DENIS BILODEAU 10,414 22.4%
CHRIS HORTON 5,563 12.0%
MICHAEL MERINO 5,246 11.3%
YOLANDA ALVAREZ 4,608 9.9%
ROBERT DOUGLAS 3,632 7.8%
CHRISTIAN VAUGHAN 3,469 7.5%
SUE DOMINGUEZ 3,007 6.5%
CITY OF PLACENTIA Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*JOSEPH AGUIRRE 4,128 23.7%
*CHAD WANKE 4,052 23.2%
GREG SOWARDS 3,389 19.4%
BRYAN MCRAE 2,644 15.2%
CHAD JACKSON 2,071 11.9%
MICHAEL MCADAM 1,164 6.7%
CITY OF PLACENTIA City Clerk
*PATRICK J. MELIA 8,358 100.0%
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*JESSE PETRILLA 5,388 22.8%
*GARY THOMPSON 5,071 21.5%
*STEVEN BARIC 5,011 21.2%
NEIL BLAIS 4,928 20.9%
LAWRENCE MCCOOK 3,201 13.6%
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*LORI DONCHAK 7,231 17.4%
*JIM EVERT 6,655 16.0%
*TIM BROWN 6,093 14.7%
JOE ANDERSON 5,739 13.8%
BRENDA MILLER 5,474 13.2%
CHRIS HAMM 4,470 10.7%
GEORGIA SMITH 2,212 5.3%
JAY GASKINS 2,065 5.0%
PATRICK CROSBY 1,643 4.0%
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*LARRY KRAMER 3,737 17.0%
*JOHN TAYLOR 3,316 15.1%
*DEREK REEVE 3,251 14.8%
JIM REARDON 2,894 13.2%
MARK NIELSEN 2,741 12.5%
CLINT WORTHINGTON 2,156 9.8%
LONDRES USO 1,744 7.9%
JESS LOPEZ 1,302 5.9%
VICTOR SCHNEIDER 850 3.9%
CITY OF SANTA ANA Mayor
*MIGUEL PULIDO 13,516 49.6%
ALFREDO AMEZCUA 6,869 25.2%
CHARLES HART 2,874 10.5%
GEORGE COLLINS 2,568 9.4%
ROY ALVARADO 1,416 5.2%
CITY OF SANTA ANA Member, City Council, Ward 2
*MICHELE MARTINEZ 21,519 100.0%
CITY OF SANTA ANA Member, City Council, Ward 4
*DAVID BENAVIDES 21,692 100.0%
CITY OF SANTA ANA Member, City Council, Ward 6
*SAL TINAJERO 13,187 51.9%
NAM PHAM 6,650 26.2%
HELEN MARTINEZ 5,578 21.9%
CITY OF SEAL BEACH Member, City Council, District 1
*ELLERY DEATON 776 49.6%
JOE KALMICK 518 33.1%
SCOTT LEVITT 162 10.4%
ROBERT AGUILAR JR. 107 6.8%
CITY OF SEAL BEACH Member, City Council, District 3
*GORDON SHANKS 1,015 69.4%
AMALIA ALMASY 448 30.6%
CITY OF SEAL BEACH Member, City Council, District 5
*MICHAEL LEVITT 1,034 54.0%
ANNE SEIFERT 880 46.0%
CITY OF TUSTIN Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*AL MURRAY 3,744 19.1%
*REBECCA MCKEON 3,367 17.2%
DAVID WALDRAM 3,282 16.8%
DONNA PEERY 2,682 13.7%
SHERRI LOVELAND 2,583 13.2%
BOB VU 1,917 9.8%
TIM HAIDER 1,368 7.0%
STEVEN ZELDIN 650 3.3%
CITY OF VILLA PARK Member, City Council
(Vote for 3)
*BRAD REESE 1,323 21.9%
*DEBORAH PAULY 1,254 20.7%
*ROBERT FAUTEUX 1,246 20.6%
JAMES RHEINS 1,123 18.6%
RICHARD BARNETT 1,107 18.3%
CITY OF WESTMINSTER Mayor
*MARGIE RICE 10,230 71.1%
BRUCE QUANG TRAN 2,734 19.0%
AL KRIPPNER 1,432 9.9%
CITY OF WESTMINSTER Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*PENNY LOOMER 4,857 19.1%
*TRI TA 4,573 18.0%
ANDY QUACH 4,525 17.8%
ALIN HAMADE 4,015 15.8%
JOY NEUGEBAUER 3,163 12.4%
KHOA DO 3,075 12.1%
GINGER WAUGH-BORDEN 1,238 4.9%
CITY OF YORBA LINDA Member, City Council
(Vote for 2)
*JOHN ANDERSON 8,352 26.2%
*THOMAS LINDSEY 7,492 23.5%
JAN HORTON 6,207 19.5%
BRENDA MCCUNE 4,278 13.4%
RICHARD WOLFINGER 3,518 11.0%
TIMOTHY MCCUNE 2,060 6.5%
EMERALD BAY SERVICE DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 3)
*KERI UEBERROTH 321 23.6%
*JOHN COLLINS 300 22.0%
*JOHN MCDERMOTT 290 21.3%
PETE COLLISSON 162 11.9%
SCOTT MCCARTER 150 11.0%
STEVEN RABAGO 140 10.3%
SURFSIDE COLONY COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 4)
*JOHN KRISS 106 24.6%
*DONALD KARICH 105 24.4%
*NORA STRAIGHT 92 21.3%
*DAN NOWAK 69 16.0%
JOHN CAHOON 59 13.7%
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 3)
*BOB OOTEN 11,386 32.8%
*JIM FITZPATRICK 8,463 24.4%
*MIKE SCHEAFER 7,555 21.8%
ARLENE SCHAFER 7,285 21.0%
MIDWAY CITY SANITARY DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 3)
*MARGIE RICE 9,648 30.6%
*TYLER DIEP 7,753 24.6%
*FRANK COBO 7,430 23.6%
TONY LAM 6,664 21.2%
SURFSIDE COLONY STORM WATER PROTECTION DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 3)
*GAYLE WINNEN 115 30.5%
*JON REGNIER 103 27.3%
*V. JOHN KRISS 96 25.5%
DAN NOWAK 63 16.7%
EL TORO WATER DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 2)
*WILLIAM KAHN 8,186 45.5%
*JERARD WERNER 6,493 36.1%
EDWARD FERN 3,313 18.4%
IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 3)
*DOUG REINHART 35,692 28.6%
*PEER SWAN 26,838 21.5%
*STEVEN LAMAR 25,708 20.6%
RICHARD BARON 20,827 16.7%
PAUL BETTENHAUSEN 15,704 12.6%
MOULTON NIGUEL WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 2
*SCOTT COLTON 2,073 52.4%
SEAN NORVELL 1,059 26.8%
ELLEN ADDONIZIO 824 20.8%
MOULTON NIGUEL WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 3
*DONALD R. FROELICH 3,538 51.6%
TONY ENGLISH 3,318 48.4%
MOULTON NIGUEL WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 4
*LAURENCE LIZOTTE 2,950 56.8%
MARY JANE FOLEY 2,246 43.2%
SANTA MARGARITA WATER DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 2)
*SAUNDRA JACOBS 14,434 31.5%
*ROGER FAUBEL 13,417 29.3%
BILL WACHAL 9,340 20.4%
DENNIS SALB 4,738 10.3%
STANISLAW DZIECIELSKI 3,885 8.5%
ROSSMOOR/LOS ALAMITOS AREA SEWER DISTRICT, Director
(Vote for 2)
*LINDA HABERMEHL 3,552 38.6%
*JOEL RATTNER 2,515 27.3%
ROBERT WAHLSTROM 1,936 21.0%
VAN M. JEW 1,200 13.0%
MESA CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 5
*SHAWN DEWANE 2,189 67.0%
PETER MEUTER 1,079 33.0%
MESA CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 2, Short Term
*DAN WORTHINGTON 1,489 38.4%
JAMES FISLER 1,451 37.4%
ART PERRY 942 24.3%
ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 1
*KATHRYN BARR 13,390 57.4%
MARK ROSEN 9,926 42.6%
ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 7
*SHAWN DEWANE 22,172 70.5%
JOHN COLLINS 9,274 29.5%
ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT Director, Division 6, Short Term
*CATHY GREEN 16,662 39.1%
ROBERT MCVICKER 13,044 30.6%
DON MACALLISTER 10,423 24.5%
FELIX ROCHA JR. 2,473 5.8%
SOUTH COAST WATER DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 2)
*RICHARD RUNGE 4,558 38.7%
*BOB MOORE 3,676 31.2%
RICHARD DIETMEIER 3,548 30.1%
YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT Director
(Vote for 3)
*PHILLIP HAWKINS 9,885 24.1%
*GARY MELTON 9,614 23.4%
*ROBERT KILEY 9,115 22.2%
JOHN SUMMERFIELD 6,438 15.7%
WILLIAM MILLS 6,029 14.7%
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY Director, Division 6, Short Term
*JEFF THOMAS 36,001 73.3%
MEGAN YOO 13,121 26.7%
PLACENTIA LIBRARY DISTRICT Trustee
(Vote for 2)
*BETTY ESCOBOSA 6,545 42.4%
*AL SHKOLER 5,039 32.6%
ELIZABETH MINTER 3,854 25.0%
11:37 a.m.: For the most part, Orange County voters returned
incumbents to office when it came to local school board races. However,
some surprises do pop up in the Orange County Registrar of Voters
results after the jump.
Red Orange County chose Democrat Tom Torlakson over Republican Larry Aceves
(barely) for state superintendent of public instruction. Meanwhile, an
incumbent school trustee lost in Buena Park, and a slate of conservative
reform trustees in Capistrano Unified defeated one incumbent and
recalled two more.
* indicates statewide winner in Superintendent of Public Instruction race and local winners.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
(Numbers are for 2,080 Orange County precincts)
*TOM TORLAKSON 239,747 50.4%
LARRY ACEVES 235,528 49.6%
NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 2
*BARBARA DUNSHEATH 73,116 57.7%
TIM KEENAN 53,675 42.3%
NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 3
*JEFFREY P. BROWN 82,584 68.6%
RUBEN BARRON 37,715 31.4%
NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4
*DONNA MILLER 80,975 66.0%
DARLENE ALLEN 41,743 34.0%
COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 1
*JIM MORENO 72,500 63.5%
SHANA JENKINS 41,738 36.5%
COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5
*DAVID A. GRANT 49,478 43.4%
LYNNE RIDDLE 39,638 34.8%
BOB MOSLEY 24,869 21.8%
SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 2
*THOMAS PRENDERGAST, III 84,213 50.7%
KEVIN M. MULDOON 81,759 49.3%
SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4
*NANCY PADBERG 100,795 62.2%
JACK FROST 61,356 37.8%
SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5
*MARCIA MILCHIKER 102,796 65.1%
JILL E. CASE 55,127 34.9%
BREA OLINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 4)
*MICHAEL CONDIFF 4,771 22.1%
*BILL R. HALL 4,674 21.6%
*JOE ROLLINO 4,483 20.7%
*TERESA HAMPSON 3,916 18.1%
SUE NOWERS 3,764 17.4%
CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4
*ANNA BRYSON 40,250 55.2%
SAAM ALIKHANI 32,696 44.8%
CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 6
*ELLEN ADDONIZIO 37,021 53.5%
MARTHA MCNICHOLAS 32,117 46.5%
CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 7
*LYNN HATTON 40,410 55.9%
LARRY CHRISTENSEN 31,836 44.1%
Shall Michael S. Winsten be recalled as a Capistrano Unified trustee?
Yes 44,527 61.2%
No 28,260 38.8%
Candidate to succeed Michael S. Winsten
JOHN ALPAY 50,395 100.0%
Shall Ken Lopez-Maddox be recalled as a Capistrano Unified trustee?
Yes 44,122 61.1%
No 28,084 38.9%
Candidate to succeed Ken Lopez-Maddox
*GARY PRITCHARD 30,605 54.5%
PAUL HEBBARD 14,962 26.6%
GARY V. MILLER 10,599 18.9%
GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Governing Board Member
(Vote for 2)
*BOB HARDEN 20,873 33.2%
*LAN QUOC NGUYEN 15,226 24.2%
BAO QUOC NGUYEN 11,954 19.0%
BOB TUCKER 8,777 14.0%
SHAUN M. CURTIS 6,024 9.6%
IRVINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 2)
*SHARON WALLIN 21,355 44.4%
*GAVIN HUNTLEY-FENNER 18,232 37.9%
JODIE LU STOUT HOFFMAN 8,505 17.7%
NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Governing Board Member Trustee Area 2
*KATRINA FOLEY 19,623 54.5%
MICHAEL B. COLLIER 16,358 45.5%
NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Governing Board Member Trustee Area 5
*JUDY FRANCO 21,706 59.3%
LORETTA ZIMMERMAN 14,885 40.7%
ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 1
*DIANE SINGER 22,691 56.6%
CHRISTOPHER NGUYEN 15,137 37.8%
HARRY PERSAUD 2,248 5.6%
ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4
*KATHY MOFFAT 17,770 44.6%
LARRY D. COHN 13,671 34.3%
PAUL TODD 8,419 21.1%
ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5
*TIMOTHY SURRIDGE 20,389 52.2%
KIMBERLEE NICHOLS 18,661 47.8%
ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 7
*RICK LEDESMA 28,769 71.7%
STEVE ROCCO 11,332 28.3%
PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Full Term
*KARIN M. FREEMAN 18,943 37.4%
CARRIE BUCK 11,642 23.0%
KIM PALMER 11,352 22.4%
DENNIS BULLARD 8,778 17.3%
PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member, Short Term
*JUDI CARMONA 12,758 40.6%
RONI CASTILLO STULL 7,335 23.3%
JANINE HELLEBRAND 5,153 16.4%
SUSAN M. ECKLES 4,258 13.5%
JIM BRUNETTE 1,955 6.2%
SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 2)
*JOHN PALACIO 9,649 34.7%
*AUDREY YAMAGATA NOJI 7,653 27.5%
ARTURO “ART” PEDROZA 6,061 21.8%
JEFFREY K. MORRIS 4,430 15.9%
TUSTIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 2)
*LYNN R. DAVIS 13,230 38.1%
*JONATHAN ABELOVE 12,653 36.4%
KIRK O. HAHN 4,990 14.4%
MANNY ESTRADA 3,875 11.2%
ANAHEIM UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*JORDAN BRANDMAN 27,279 26.7%
*ANNA L. PIERCY 24,887 24.3%
*JAN DOMENE 18,196 17.8%
VERNON BECKETT 17,194 16.8%
JOSE MORENO 14,760 14.4%
FULLERTON JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*ROBERT SINGER 18,508 23.6%
*ROBERT HATHAWAY 18,286 23.3%
*MARILYN BUCHI 17,854 22.8%
VICKI R. CALHOUN 14,655 18.7%
NADIA SANCHEZ 9,119 11.6%
HUNTINGTON BEACH UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*KATHLEEN IVERSON 33,163 22.2%
*BONNIE CASTREY 32,918 22.0%
*BRIAN GARLAND 31,503 21.0%
CHARLIE NGUYEN 18,709 12.5%
ANJI CLEMENS 18,548 12.4%
TOM DERN 14,878 9.9%
ANAHEIM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*JOSE F. MORENO 9,828 24.3%
*JEFF COLE 9,161 22.6%
*SANDY BLUMBERG 9,077 22.4%
JERRY SILVERMAN 8,201 20.3%
JACKIE EVERLEY-FILBECK 4,198 10.4%
BUENA PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*PATSY MARSHALL 3,244 30.4%
*BRIAN CHAMBERS 2,586 24.3%
*HELEN LEE 2,585 24.2%
SAMUEL VAN HAMBLEN 2,246 21.1%
CENTRALIA SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*MEGAN HARDING 3,793 19.3%
*IRV TRINKLE 3,299 16.8%
*LISA JORDAN 3,079 15.7%
ART MONTEZ 3,028 15.4%
LISA PELLICANO 2,612 13.3%
KEVIN SEQUEIRA 1,962 10.0%
BRENDA TORRES 1,900 9.7%
CYPRESS SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*VALERI PETERS WAGNER 4,884 26.5%
*DAVID H. GIESE 4,696 25.5%
*STEVE BLOUNT 4,685 25.4%
MICHAEL MAHONY 4,157 22.6%
FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*SANDRA CRANDALL 6,723 23.3%
*JUDY EDWARDS 6,143 21.3%
*JAMES TEMPLIN 5,599 19.4%
NICOLA WEISS 5,346 18.5%
ROCHELLE GIUSEFFI 5,011 17.4%
FULLERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*CHRIS THOMPSON 11,891 28.2%
*JANNY CATLIN MEYER 11,421 27.1%
* BEVERLY BERRYMAN 10,196 24.2%
AARUNI THAKUR 8,647 20.5%
HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*SHIRLEY A. CAREY 11,961 29.4%
*ROSEMARY SAYLOR 10,858 26.7%
*CELIA JAFFE 10,741 26.4%
ROB FISHEL 7,170 17.6%
LA HABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*SANDI BALTES 5,145 29.9%
*SHARON H. BROWN 3,717 21.6%
*LINDA NAVARRO-EDWARDS 3,252 18.9%
AMBER L. GOULD 3,124 18.1%
KEVIN JACOBSON 1,987 11.5%
LOWELL JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*WILLIAM (BILL) HINZ 1,042 16.7%
*DARIN W. BARBER 1,041 16.7%
*ANASTASIA SHACKELFORD 968 15.5%
MELISSA A. SALINAS 917 14.7%
GENE N. DUNFORD 635 10.2%
DOUG COX 586 9.4%
KEVIN M. DE MERA 534 8.6%
PATRICK G. ROCKENBACH 514 8.2%
MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*ESTHER H. WALLACE 3,491 25.5%
*BARBARA G. QUINTANA 3,187 23.3%
*CLIFFORD BREEDEN, JR. 2,703 19.7%
OLGA ALVAREZ 2,174 15.9%
GARY SHIELDS 2,138 15.6%
OCEAN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*TRACY PELLMAN 11,020 27.0%
*JOHN BRISCOE 9,428 23.1%
*JOHN ORTIZ 7,724 18.9%
GEORGE CLEMENS 7,375 18.1%
BRIAN RODDEN 5,253 12.9%
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT Governing Board Member
(Vote for 3)
*MARY MANGOLD 7,682 28.3%
*ANDREW NGUYEN 6,784 25.0%
*K. DAVID BRIDGEWATERS 6,463 23.9%
RONALD ZELL 6,169 22.8%
10:29 a.m.: The national movement to throw the bums out did not
extend to Orange County when it came to incumbent members of Congress
and state legislators.
What follows are Orange County Registrar of Voters results for these offices.
*indicates winner
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 40th District
*ED ROYCE (REP) 86,710 67.2%
CHRISTINA AVALOS (DEM) 42,403 32.8%
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 42nd District
*GARY G. MILLER (REP) 61,995 65.4%
MICHAEL WILLIAMSON (DEM)26,909 28.4%
MARK LAMBERT (LIB) 5,949 6.3%
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 44th District
*KEN CALVERT (REP) 22,365 68.7%
BILL HEDRICK (DEM) 10,193 31.3%
(Win factors in Calvert's out-of-county votes.)
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 46th District
*DANA ROHRABACHER (REP) 68,989 63.8%
KEN ARNOLD (DEM) 39,220 36.2%
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 47th District
*LORETTA SANCHEZ (DEM) 31,558 51.0%
VAN TRAN (REP) 26,042 42.1%
CECILIA “CECI” IGLESIAS 4,298 6.9%
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 48th District
*JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) 105,952 60.3%
BETH KROM (DEM) 63,480 36.1%
MIKE BINKLEY (LIB) 6,309 3.6%
STATE SENATOR 34th District
*LOU CORREA (DEM) 56,335 63.5%
LUCILLE KRING (REP) 32,342 36.5%
STATE SENATOR 38th District
*MARK WYLAND (REP) 15,692 64.7%
GILA JONES (DEM) 7,467 30.8%
KRISTI STONE (LIB) 1,102 4.5%
(Win factors in Wyland's out-of-county votes.)
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 56th District
*TONY MENDOZA (DEM) 6,172 50.4%
HENRY J. BESTWICK (REP) 6,075 49.6%
(It appears Mendoza has won after factoring in out-of-county votes.)
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 60th District
*CURT HAGMAN (REP) 30,336 71.3%
GREGG D. FRITCHLE (DEM) 12,202 28.7%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 67th District
*JIM SILVA (REP) 66,551 66.1%
ROSALIND FREEMAN (DEM) 34,093 33.9%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 68th District
*ALLAN R. MANSOOR (REP) 39,661 56.3%
PHU NGUYEN (DEM) 30,840 43.7%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 69th District
*JOSE SOLORIO (DEM) 21,872 62.3%
ROBERT M. HAMMOND (REP) 13,257 37.7%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 70th District
*DONALD P. WAGNER (REP) 65,217 58.5%
MELISSA FOX (DEM) 41,906 37.6%
DEBORAH THARP (LIB) 4,346 3.9%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 71st District
*JEFF MILLER (REP) 49,178 69.0%
GARY KEPHART (DEM) 22,125 31.0%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 72nd District
*CHRIS NORBY (REP) 49,866 62.2%
ESIQUIO UBALLE (DEM) 25,430 31.7%
JANE RANDS (GRN) 4,823 6.0%
MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY 73rd District
*DIANE L. HARKEY (REP) 41,607 65.1%
JUDY JONES (DEM) 22,264 34.9%
9:31 a.m.: What follows are Orange County
Registrar of Voters results for statewide races from all 2,080 local
precincts. As you'll note, either OC is out of step with the rest of the
state or vice versa.
Meanwhile, Steve Cooley guaranteed
to reporters last night he won the state Attorney General's race and
likened it to a “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment if he is proven wrong.
Right now, it's too close to call.
If Kamala Harris
prevails, every statewide office will be held by a Democrat–meaning
California is out of step with the rest of the country or vice versa.
* indicates statewide winner;
**indicates too close to call statewide
Lieutenant Governor
ABEL MALDONADO (REP) 295,026 49.3%
*GAVIN NEWSOM (DEM) 220,821 36.9%
PAMELA J. BROWN (LIB) 48,959 8.2%
JIM KING (AI) 16,370 2.7%
JAMES CASTILLO (GRN) 9,266 1.5%
C.T. WEBER (P-F) 7,562 1.3%
Secretary of State
DAMON DUNN (REP) 327,564 54.9%
*DEBRA BOWEN (DEM) 221,601 37.1%
CHRISTINA TOBIN (LIB) 15,893 2.7%
ANN MENASCHE (GRN) 13,425 2.2%
MERTON D. SHORT (AI) 9,593 1.6%
MARYLOU CABRAL (P-F) 8,937 1.5%
Controller
TONY STRICKLAND (REP) 322,847 54.2%
*JOHN CHIANG (DEM) 218,473 36.6%
ANDREW FAVOR (LIB) 22,017 3.7%
KAREN MARTINEZ (P-F) 12,271 2.1%
ROSS D. FRANKEL (GRN) 10,859 1.8%
LAWRENCE G. BELIZ (AI) 9,724 1.6%
Treasurer
MIMI WALTERS (REP) 314,117 52.6%
*BILL LOCKYER (DEM) 239,216 40.0%
EDWARD TEYSSIER (LIB) 15,724 2.6%
CHARLES CRITTENDEN (GRN) 11,792 2.0%
ROBERT LAUTEN (AI) 9,325 1.6%
DEBRA L. REIGER (P-F) 7,469 1.2%
**Attorney General
STEVE COOLEY (REP) 364,276 60.8%
KAMALA D. HARRIS (DEM) 183,933 30.7%
TIMOTHY J. HANNAN (LIB) 17,518 2.9%
DIANE BEALL TEMPLIN (AI) 12,159 2.0%
PETER ALLEN (GRN) 12,134 2.0%
ROBERT J. EVANS (P-F) 8,724 1.5%
Insurance Commissioner
MIKE VILLINES (REP) 293,974 50.1%
*DAVE JONES (DEM) 218,637 37.3%
RICHARD BRONSTEIN (LIB) 33,868 5.8%
DINA PADILLA (P-F) 14,322 2.4%
CLAY PEDERSEN (AI) 14,147 2.4%
WILLIAM BALDERSTON (GRN) 11,880 2.0%
Member, State Board of Equalization 3rd District
*MICHELLE STEEL (REP) 340,481 59.5%
MARY HEISING (DEM) 173,972 30.4%
JERRY L. DIXON (LIB) 28,740 5.0%
MARY LOU FINLEY (P-F) 17,170 3.0%
TERRI LUSSENHEIDE (AI) 11,781 2.1%
UNITED STATES SENATOR
CARLY FIORINA (REP) 361,396 58.6%
*BARBARA BOXER (DEM) 223,704 36.3%
GAIL K. LIGHTFOOT (LIB) 10,056 1.6%
EDWARD C. NOONAN (AI) 7,343 1.2%
MARSHA FEINLAND (P-F) 7,255 1.2%
DUANE ROBERTS (GRN) 6,814 1.1%
7:44: a.m.: Turned on the tele to discover KOCE/Channel 50 anchorman Ed Arnold wrongly identified a speech last night by Carly Fiorina at the Irvine Hyatt as her concession to incumbent U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer,
who every major news organization has reported won reelection.
As of
this morning's news, Fiorina has not thrown in the towel.
And just to drive
home the point, she sent 30,000 more jobs to India.
6:58 a.m.: Aaaand it's Loretta. As part of a newly minted Dem minority in the House.
11:57 p.m.: KNBC/Channel 4 shows tape of Van Tran saying that once the smoke clears and all the ballots are counted, “the just cause will prevail and we will win.”
That was preceded by the Republican's challenger, Rep. Loretta Sanchez
(D-Santa Ana), saying something about voters in her 47th district
getting late notice that their polling places had changed, or something
like that (sorry, I was in the middle of channel flipping).
She sounds downright Dornanian, no?
Back from commercial, KNBC calls it for Gavin Newsom for lieutenant governor.
11:46 p.m.: A conspiracy? Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa
Ana) alleges to a KCBS/Channel 2 reporter that there were ballot
problems at many polls in areas that are “mine,” something her campaign
spotted “right away” at 8 a.m.
The solution was to have “my”
voters fill out provisional ballots–even though some of those polling
places ran out of provisional ballots, Sanchez said.
She sounds downright Dornanian, no?
After a cut back to the studio, viewers discover state Treasurer Bill Lockyer has won over termed out South County legislator Mimi Walters.
And the Orange County jobless rate increases by one.
11:36 p.m.: KCBS/Channel 2 shows Meg Whitman finally
addressing the crowd who'd been waiting for her all night in Universal
City. She's played on stage by what sounds like a Disney soundtrack.
Looking
about $150 million lighter in the wallet, Whitman thanks her supporters
for being part of the cause to fix California. “I gave it my all and so
did you,” she says to cheers.
“So I have just called Gov. Brown …” she says to loud boos.
She
asked everyone to get behind the Moonbeam Man (without calling him a
Moonbeam Man, of course, that would be rude). Meg says Californians
deserve a unified effort to solve our mounting problems. “We are all
Californians tomorrow,” she says.
Whitman thanks her campaign staff, which looks several looming paychecks lighter in the wallet.
“We love California and still believe it can be a better place,” she says.
11:20 p.m.: The Orange County Register hasn't conceded, but Carly Fiorina apparently has.
I write “apparently” because as the Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer
is giving her goodbye speech in the muffled background at the Irvine
Hyatt, KOCE/Channel 50 is choosing to do a live interview with District
Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
By the way, the DA tells reporter Maria Hall-Brown he wishes the local media would end its fixation with the firing of Todd Spitzer, something T-Rack considers a “non-story.”
It is too a story, anchorwoman Ann Pulice says when the camera returns to the studio.
11:16 p.m.: After a looooong taped report spelling out the positions of Newport Beach-based Republican Rep. John Campbell and his Democratic challenger and termed-out Irvine City Councilwoman Beth Krom, KOCE/Channel 50 returns to its live coverage to show that Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) is opening up a larger lead over her Republican challenger Van Tran.
Oh, and the next graphic after that was the one that showed Campbell already creamed Krom.
11:10 p.m.: The Orange County Register now reports U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has re-built a “narrow lead” over Carly Fiorina.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post has joined all the other major news agencies that have called the race for Democrat Boxer (as well as Jerry Brown over Meg Whitman for governor and Harry Reid over Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate in Nevada.)
10:44 p.m.: Uh-oh, after being written off by the AP, CNN and the Los Angeles Times, Carly Fiorina has surged ahead of incumbent U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, reports the Orange County Register.
10:39 p.m.: Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach, speaking with KOCE's Maria Hall-Brown at
the Irvine Hyatt, mentions a recall campaign against someone he says he
has known a long time, Costa Mesa City Council candidate Wendy Leece.
And the votes in her race haven't even all been counted yet.
Moorlach's fellow hardline conservative's crime? Accepting “union money.
10:36 p.m.: Orange County Democratic Party chairman Frank Barbaro,
now appearing on a panel on KOCE/Channel 50's Inside OC with Rick
Reiff, says the last time he checked there were 106 votes separating
47th congressional district race between Democratic incumbent Loretta Sanchez and Republican Assemblyman Van Tran.
10:25 p.m.: The
eyes of Lincoln Clubbers on location in Irvine and pundits in the
KOCE/Channel 50 studio is on the 47th congressional district race
between Democratic incumbent Loretta Sanchez, Republican Assemblyman Van Tran and GOP-hired vote splitter Cecilia Iglesias.
Check that: Iglesias is listed as an Independent.
The Voice of OC's Norberto Santana Jr. predicts
vote watchers are in for a late night, and it may even be days before a
winner is known if it comes down to absentee votes.
10:11 p.m.: Orange County Democratic Party chairman Frank Barbaro,
interviewed by a KOCE/Channel 50 reporter at a party in Santa Ana,
minces no words when he talks about “the wave” sweeping across the
country.
Barbaro, who refers to that as an “alleged” wave of
Republicanism, says it may have stopped at the Rockies, and that
Democrats still hold all the cards with the White House and U.S. Senate.
As for the GOP-controlled House, Barbaro says good luck to the party answering to “fleas known as teabaggers.”
10:03 p.m.: YAY! KOCE's sound is finally on.
“Keep in mind, these are very, very early returns,” warns anchorman Ed Arnold.
Co-host Ann Pulice is plugging Voice of OC . . . but the blog's editor Norberto Santana Jr. is apparently missing.
10:01 p.m.: KOCE/Channel 50's Orange County election coverage begins . . . with no sound.
So, viewers are treated to a series of local results that show Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina
and other statewide candidates with huge leads, because they are not
factoring in the rest of the state that has already spoken.
9:53 p.m.: The AP is projecting U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has hung onto his seat despite the challenge by teabaggy Republican Sharron Angle.
So only one of two congressional speakers will be giving up a gavel.
9:50 p.m.: Channel 5 just rolled tape of soon-to-concede Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, her husband, her kids and her granddaughters watching televised results from their room at the Irvine Hyatt.
The family appeared as lively as a morgue lineup.
9:09 p.m.: CNN projects Jerry Brown is California's new governor.
Again.
Kiss that $150 million and change goodbye, Meg Whitman.
CNN's GOP talking head is blaming Housekeepergate for Whitman's
loss–but not for the reason one might assume.
He thinks she appeared too tough to voters for not standing by her
employee of nine years. (As opposed to the Coe-ian argument that Whitman should have marched the Latina to the border and kicked her butt across.)
8:58 p.m.: CNN projects incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer has defeated Republican Carly Fiorina–and that because of that, the Democrats will retain the U.S. Senate.
All the networks, cable channels and even the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert hour previously projected the House is now GOP.
3:44 p.m.: California GOP Chairman Ron Nehring and
28th congressional state Senate district Republican candidate John Stammreich filed complaints today with Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley and
California Attorney General Jerry Brown over a last-minute campaign mailer.
The problem? The literature “illegally influences” voters in the Long Beach area district to cast ballots for
state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, who has been dead since Oct. 20.
The Republicans accuse the state Democratic Party and Secretary of State Debra Bowen (a Dem) of violating a section of the
California Penal Code that prohibits publishing a campaign advertisement
that falsely depicts official documents.
The letter, entitled “Election Information,” closes with Bowen's name and title. Sent to Democratic and decline-to-state voters in the district, it begins:
“You have a right to know how the tragedy of Senator Jenny Oropeza's
illness impacts your Election Day choice. Jenny Oropeza's name is on the ballot. You have the right to vote for her. If
you do, and she wins, there will be a Special Election called. You will
then be able to thoughtfully consider who will represent you in the
Senate for the next four years.”
The name of Oropeza, a Democrat, remains on today's ballot along with Stammreich's and that of Libertarian David Ruskin.
If anyone is guilty of anything, it's only a misdemeanor.
3:17 p.m.: As the Los Angeles Times
reports, backers of Prop 19, dressed all in black, gave a depressing
final press conference at Oakland City Hall today, apparently resigned
to the fact that the marijuana-legalizing initiative is going down in
flames.
Perhaps the outcome has something to do with what a wine blogger posted last week.
Tom Wark wondered on Fermentation how much the No on 19 effort has been fueled by alcohol distributors worried about losing the hearts and mind-altered minds of Californians possibly facing another legal choice when it comes to inebriation.
“What I'm wondering is this: In a world when the sale
and consumption of marijuana is legal, will the booze industry have to
deal with he possibility that consumers will switch from booze to
marijuana?,” Wark asked. “Will 'Booze Dollars' be lost to 'Dope Dollars'?”
He believes beer and spirits providers fear marijuana
legalization more than the wine industry, because the first two beverages are used more by folks trying to get a buzz on. “Wine
has the benefit of being understood less as a means to altering the mind
than it is a cultural and traditional artifact that we associate with
celebration, good living, and the culinary arts,” Wark writes. “Marijuana is a much
more purely an inebriation vehicle.”
The California Beer N Beverage Distributors opposing Prop 19 therefore did not surprise Wark, who still did not buy their argument that they are not against
the legalization of pot in principle, but rather the way this particular initiative was written. “. . . I know they spend money to protect their financial interests and I know
that beer will lose sales to dope,” Wark writes. “And so do they.”
As for wineries, Wark wonders–with Prop 19 passage–which would be the first to market their wine as going well with dope. “Which will be the first to suggest a clean and citrusy Chenin Blanc be
paired with a hit of Indica or Sativa?”
Not that he sees wine and weed drawing the same users. “In my experience,” he wrote, “one does
not wonder what strain of dope they will serve and smoke with Brie or
cured meats.”
No, Tommy, stoners in need of pairings turn to supermarket cookie aisles.
10:44 a.m.: Search Engine Land editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan began voting by mail this past weekend. He came to the election for Orange County Treasurer, which pits city treasurer Shari Freidenrich against incumbent county deputy treasurer Keith Rodenhuis. Not knowing much about the race, Sullivan decided to visit each candidate's web sites.
What Sullivan learned on one site did not bode well for that candidate. Actually, it's what was not learned about Rodenhuis that had Sullivan concerned, he writes on his Daggle blog.
On the Saturday before today's election, Rodenhuis' website was down, and would remain so all day, something Sullivan found “crazy.”
It was also ironic given what Sullivan suspected to be the problem: the deputy treasurer hasn't
paid enough money to keep the site up. The “bandwidth
exceeded” message received on the site “is common if you've picked a really cheap web
hosting company that nickle-and-dimes you on the bandwidth front,” Sullivan writes.
“Paying the bill for more bandwidth will fix the problem. I have no
idea of Rodenhuis has tried this yet or not. He has no Twitter account
that I can reach him on. His Facebook page doesn't appear to be
monitors. I left this message yesterday on his page, saying that his site is down:
“So far, no reply. Heck, I'd call him just to tell him, because he
simply might not know. But the web site, which I can read through cached
copies at Google and Bing, doesn't seem to have a phone number listed.”
Sullivan then went “really old school” and consulted the sample ballot the OC
Registrar of Voters sent via snail mail to see if Rodenhuis left a phone number with his
statement.
Nope.
All that was listed was the web address–for the site that was not
functional.
By comparison, rival Freidenrich, whose phone number was listed on the hard copy of the sample ballot, had a functional web site every hour leading up to today's vote.
One supposes the Rodenhuis campaign could spin that having a cheap web hosting company is a sign of the candidate's frugality.
Of course, getting that message out would be the problem.
OC Weekly Editor-in-Chief Matt Coker has been engaging, enraging and entertaining readers of newspapers, magazines and websites for decades. He spent the first 13 years of his career in journalism at daily newspapers before “graduating” to OC Weekly in 1995 as the alternative newsweekly’s first calendar editor.