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Blame John Lewis for the Democrats picking up an Assembly supermajority

Former State Senator John Lewis has such a hold on the Republican Party of Orange County that he was able to force the withdrawal of Robert Hammond, their candidate for the 69th Assembly District, so as to pave the way for his Democratic pal Tom Daly.  And Lewis also ran the failed campaign of Chris

 
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How Latino candidates fared in the O.C. Nov. 6 general election

Fullerton residents are in shock today as they deal with the fact that Assemblyman Chris Norby now needs a job, having lost to Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva.  She ran an aggressive campaign and made heavy use of social media.  Norby, on the other hand, seemed to be trying to coast to victory. While Quirk-Silva’s victory is

 
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69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly cleared of sexual harassment charges

Just in time for the Nov. 6 election, Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly, the Democratic Party’s nominee for the 69th Assembly District, was cleared of the sexual harassment charges that had been hanging over him for weeks, according to an independent investigator hired by the County of Orange. Daly, in a statement released by the

 
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The Hatch Act ends Jose Moreno’s campaign for the 69th Assembly District

Jose Moreno’s campaign for the 69th Assembly District has ended – a result of a federal law, the Hatch Act, which prevents many employees of county governments from running for legislative seats – if federal funds are used by their departments.  Moreno works for the Orange County Health Care Agency.  As such his job was

 
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Moreno calls for Daly to address the allegations he is facing

Press Release, For Immediate Release: Sep. 11, 2012 Contact: Jose Moreno, jose@votejosemoreno.org Tom Daly needs to address the allegations he is facing ANAHEIM – Throughout the last few weeks, the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register have written about the allegations concerning Tom Daly, my opponent in the campaign for 69th Assembly District. While

 
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69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly didn’t buy a candidate’s statement

Tom Daly, the Orange County Clerk-Recorder who was accused late last week of committing sexual harassment in the workplace, didn’t buy a candidate’s statement for the November General Election.  Obvioulsy Daly felt at the time that he had the victory in the bag.  Now that appears to be in question. Daly has been losing support

 
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69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly accused of sexual harassment

On July 10 of this year I posted an article on this blog entitled “Shouldn’t Daly be investigated for Bustamante-like behavior.”  Today it hit the fan for Daly, as “County officials are moving to hire a law firm to check into a host of sexual harassment and corruption allegations against County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly, who

 
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Anaheim Mayor Tait’s committment to kindness and freedom is the real deal

Everyone figured that Tom Tait was just going to be Curt Pringle’s puppet when the former replaced the latter as Anaheim’s mayor in 2002, according to the OC Weekly.  “But in this past years, Tait has done the impossible: not just yanked the collar from Pringle’s leash, but turned into a great, nearly radical mayor,

 
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69th A.D. candidate Tom Daly rejected by the CA Labor Federation

The OC and CA Labor Federations held a meeting this week to meet the candidates for office here in Orange County.  As one might expect, Tom Daly, the Democratic nominee for the 69th Assembly District failed to show up but he asked for their endorsement anyway.  It turned out to be an epic fail for

 
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69th A.D. candidate Perez totally failed in his hometown of Anaheim

Chris Nguyen, over at the Republican OC Political blog, spent a lot of time breaking down the vote in the 69th Assembly District, in the June 5 primary.  It turns out that corporate Democrat Tom Daly won in Anaheim and in Santa Ana, which is no surprise as he spent a fortune and his friends

 
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