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Poll – Who do you support for the 34th State Senate District in 2014?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Janet Nguyen, Jim Silva, Jose Solorio, Julio Perez, Lou Correa, Orange County, Stanley Fiala 3 Comments

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State Senator Lou Correa will term out in the 34th State Senate District in 2014. The Republican who replaced him on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Janet Nguyen, is all in for this race as is Jose Solorio, the former state legislator who is now a College Trustee in Santa Ana.

Jim Silva, a former Republican State Assemblyman in the Huntington Beach area is also running for the 34th. I am not aware of any other candidates although I hear that labor consultant Julio Perez, who lost in the 2012 Primary Election when he ran for the 69th Assembly District, could jump into this race just to cause trouble for Solorio. Continue reading→

Will one day of leadership training really help the DPOC?

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Democratic Party, Labor, Orange, Orange County, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Tom Daly 1 Comment

Can Sharon Quirk-Silva hang onto the 65th A.D. in 2014?

The Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) is hosting a full day of Leadership Training on Saturday, June 22, 2013, from 10 am to 5 pm, at the Carpenters Union Hall located at 1918 W Chapman Ave, in Orange.

This comes at a depressing time for the blue party as their leader, President Barack Obama, has been awash in one scandal after another and his administration has turned into a massive threat to our civil liberties.

The DPOC has some real soul-searching to do. They didn’t challenge Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, a Republican, last year so she was easily re-elected. Now she is the OC GOP’s major challenger for the 34th State Senate seat that is being vacated by termed out State Senator Lou Correa. Continue reading→

The race for the 34th State Senate District is already heating up

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Anaheim, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Jim Silva, Joe Dovinh, Jose Solorio, Julio Perez, Long Pham, Lou Correa, Republican Party Leave a comment

Jose Solorio and Jerry Brown

Lou Correa has had a great run in the 34th State Senate District but he is terming out in 2014 and already both Democratic and Republican candidates are lining up for a shot at his seat.

The leading Republican candidate for the 34th is O.C. Supervisor Janet Nguyen. She has not distinguished herself in any way but the DPOC gave her a free pass last year and so she is loaded – her fundraising advantage will make it hard for any other Republicans to challenge her in the Open Primary. Continue reading→

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

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Editor Posted in 2012 Elections, Anaheim, Chris Nguyen, Democratic Party, John Lewis, Jose Moreno, Julio Perez, Michele Martinez, Republican Party, Tom Daly 6 Comments

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 in Sacramento and Anaheim spent even more.

Daly also benefited from being the only white candidate in a pool of Latino candidates. But the other story of note is that liberal union hack Julio Perez, who grew up in Anaheim, completely failed in that city. Republican candidate Jose Moreno, who barely ran a campaign, totally whacked Perez in Anaheim. Continue reading→

Will Orange County Democrats run away from Obama in November?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2012 Elections, Albert Ayala, Barack Obama, Beth Krom, Charles Hart, Chris Norby, Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Joe Dovinh, Jose Moreno, Judge Jim Gray, Miguel Pulido, Mitt Romney, Orange County, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Sharon Quirk-Silva 1 Comment

Will Orange County’s Democratic candidates run away from the increasingly unpopular President Barack Obama in November? He is likely to win the State of California, but I can’t see him doing well in Orange County. Obama won U.S. Representative John Campbell’s district in 2008. That is highly unlikely to happen this November. In fact the only Congressional District that Obama might pick up is the one held by his fellow Democrat, Loretta Sanchez.

On the other hand, I expect Republican nominee Mitt Romney to come to Orange County perhaps more than once. He should be a boon to the local Republican candidates, with the exception of Jerry Hayden, who is running against Sanchez in the 47th Congressional District. That district’s Latino voters won’t likely be very impressed by Romney, who has been very harsh on immigrants during his campaign this year. 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→