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Former Irvine Councilwoman Beth Krom will run for DPOC Chair and is backing Sanchez for the OC BOS

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Loretta Sanchez

FORMER IRVINE MAYOR BETH KROM ENDORSES LORETTA SANCHEZ FOR ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR; ANNOUNCES RUN FOR CHAIR OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ORANGE COUNTY

Irvine, CA – Former Irvine Mayor Beth Krom announced today that she is withdrawing from the race for Orange County’s 3rd Supervisorial District and endorsing former Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. Sanchez is running to succeed District Attorney-elect Todd Spitzer in a special election that is likely to occur in the Spring of 2019. Krom also announced she is running for Chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC). Current Chair Fran Sdao will be stepping down at the end of her regular term in January.

In announcing her support for Sanchez and run for Chair of DPOC, Krom released the following statement: Continue reading→

It’s a blue sweep in Orange County as the Democrats won all the House seats

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Orange County’s all Democrat House Representatives

The Republican Party of Orange County is officially in total disarray as they managed to lose every single House seat in the O.C. to the Democratic Party.

As you might imagine local Republicans are trying to figure out what happened. The Trumpers among them are in complete denial. They cannot possibly imagine that President Trump had anything to do with the blue sweep in Orange County. Continue reading→

The OC GOP is on life support

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Former OC Weekly Editor Gustavo Arellano opined in a recent L.A. Times op-ed, that the OC GOP is dead. Well it may be too soon to declare the Republican Party of Orange County dead but it is most certainly on life support.

Two House seats were lost as a result of the Nov. 6 General Election – as longtime U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher got the boot and so did Diane Harkey, who was trying to hang on to the seat vacated by Darrell Issa. Continue reading→

Rohrabacher leading by nine points over Rouda in the latest voter survey

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Rohrabacher Leading By Nine Points Over Rouda In Latest CA-48 Survey By TPStrat Research

Editorial by Strategist John Thomas:

Rohrabacher has taken a significant lead in the race for CA-48, breaking the 50% threshold this week, despite TPStrat’s statewide generic ballot testing revealing a heavy Democratic advantage. Thus far the 48th CD appears to be immune to such negative gravity. Trump is popular, Republicans are winning the generic ballot and there is a slight edge for the amount of voters who want Trump’s agenda to be pushed in Congress. This seat is proving reliably red with a large R+10 Republican registration advantage giving Rohrabcher a large cushion to absorb a generally unfavorable climate for Republicans nationally. Rouda is winning with No-Party-Preference voting bloc with 49.9% to Rohrabacher’s 42.9%. Rohrabacher is winning with women with a commanding lead at 51.8% to Rouda’s 40.9%. Continue reading→

Former Pres. Barack Obama will appear at a rally in Anaheim this Saturday

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Former President Barack Obama will speak at the Anaheim Convention Center on Saturday, headlining an invitation-only rally to support seven Democratic California congressional candidates competing for key GOP-held districts that could determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the O.C. Register.

Tickets are being distributed by the candidates’ campaigns to their supporters. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is organizing the rally, says it anticipates about 750 people will attend, according to KTLA. Continue reading→

2018 O.C. June Primary Election Voter Guide

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The 2018 June Primary Election is coming up on June 5. We have examined all of the candidates in Orange County. If you support the CA Gas Tax you will not like this Voter Guide. We are generally not supporting candidates who want to raise our taxes or who support the High Speed Rail boondoggle. Here are our thoughts about the candidates for local offices here in Orange County:

  • Orange County Assessor – the incumbent is Claude Parrish. From what we hear he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Nevertheless the OC GOP has endorsed him. The Democrats have endorsed Nathaniel Fernandez Epstein, a lawyer who did not bother to buy a candidate’s statement. We like Richard B. Ramirez, a Deputy Assessor. He has our endorsement.

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