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31% voter turnout in the 2012 California Primary, mostly by mail

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, California, Debra Bowen, Open Primary Leave a comment

Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2012
Contact: Shannan Velayas, (916) 653-6575

2012 California Primary Final Results Show 31% Turnout and Most Ballots Cast by Mail

SACRAMENTO – A record number of Californians chose a mailbox over a polling place when they voted in the June 5 Presidential Primary Election, as reported in the Statement of the Vote certified today by Secretary of State Debra Bowen.

The June 2012 vote-by-mail ratio of 65% topped the previous record set in the May 19, 2009, Statewide Special Election in which 62% of ballots were cast by mail. Continue reading→

Did Barragan set a record by getting only 605 votes in the primary?

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Chris Prevatt, Debbie Tharp, Democratic Party, Eleazar Elizondo, Francisco Barragan, Garden Grove, Jane Rands, Open Primary, Orange County, Santa Ana 9 Comments

When Francisco Barragan got only 605 votes, as a Democratic candidate in the Open Primary election for the 69th Assembly District, this year, according to Smart Voter, he may well have set a record for futility in Assembly races. I spent a few hours searching for any comparable results and found none. Barragan appears to be the most unpopular candidate for the California State Assembly in the history of our state.

Barragan is by no means the first Orange County Democrat to utterly fail on Election Day. When Liberal OC blogger Chris Prevatt ran for the Garden Grove City Council, way back in 2002, he came in dead last in a field of five candidates, according to Smart Voter – but even with that stinky effort he got over 3,000 votes. Barragan only got 605 votes. Continue reading→

Baric and Fleischman to speak about election results’ impact on GOP

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Jon Fleischman, Lincoln Club, Open Primary, Orange County, Republican Party, Steve Baric Leave a comment

What do the June Primary results mean for California Republicans in November?

The Orange County Lincoln Club is hosting a Freedom Forum lunch that will feature speakers who will analyze the results of California’s first “top-two” open primary election. Continue reading→

Albert Ayala cost the Democrats a chance at the 72nd A.D.

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Democratic Party, Joe Dovinh, Open Primary, Orange County, Republican Party, Tea Party, Travis Allen, Troy Edgar 3 Comments

The Democratic Party won’t be represented in the General Election this year, in the 72nd Assembly District. The winners of the Top Two Open Primary, Troy Edgar and Travis Allen , are both Republicans. However Edgar is a former Democrat who has voted repeatedly for tax increases, as a member of the Los Alamitos City Council, which I supposed is a consolation prize for the DPOC.

The leading Democratic Party candidate, Joe Dovinh, just missed making the Top Two, by 419 votes, according to Smart Voter. Why did he lose? Simple. An 82 year old Tea Party Democrat, Albert Ayala, jumped into the race and got 8,816 votes without campaigning at all. Continue reading→

Is Barragan to blame for Perez’ loss in the 69th A.D.?

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Francisco Barragan, Jose Moreno, Julio Perez, Labor, Latinos, Liberals, Michele Martinez, Occupy, Open Primary, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Vern Nelson 18 Comments

The Orange County Voter Registrar finally closed the ballot counting from the June 5 Open Primary, yesterday. Ultra liberal 69th Assembly District candidate Julio Perez lost by 242 votes to Republican Jose “Joe” Moreno, who will now face off against top vote-getter Tom Daly, a corporate Democrat, in the November General Election.

Perez and his union allies spent a small fortune and all they got out of it was third place. I have argued in a previous post that Perez and fellow Democrat Michele Martinez both erred by not attacking Daly, but there might be more to this story. Continue reading→

The open primary ballot counting is done – and so is Julio Perez

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Democratic Party, Jose Moreno, Julio Perez, Open Primary, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana Leave a comment

The Orange County Voter Registrar announced today that “We have finished all of our ballot counting and required audit functions from the June 5th Primary Election. Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, will certify the final results tomorrow following the preparation of the Statement of Votes. Our election results this evening indicate “unofficial” until we finalize tomorrow. We will be including write-in votes tomorrow as well.”

What does that mean? It means the ballot counting is basically done. And so is ultra-liberal union hack Julio Perez, who continues to lose in the race for the 69th Assembly District. Even better, he is barely losing, to Republican candidate Jose Moreno, who barely spent any money in the primary. Perez is about 250 votes behind Moreno, according to the updated June 14 results that were released tonight at 5 pm. I hope the final margin is even closer than that! Continue reading→