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Spitzer recaps the 2014 Open Primary Election results

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, California, Orange County, Todd Spitzer 3 Comments

OC 2014 Primary Election Results

OC Voters Re-Elect Most Incumbents, Elect New Auditor-Controller, Elect New Judge, Replace County School Board Member, Send Four Races to Run-Off

By: Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer

On Tuesday’s ballot, Orange County voters decided who would fill three seats on the Orange County Board of Supervisors and two seats on the Orange County Board of Education, along with seven Countywide offices and four Superior Court Judges. Additionally, voters cast ballots for various state offices and the U.S. House of Representatives, which will all go to a run-off. In the Third District, Anaheim residents voted on three ballot measures while the Irvine Unified School District had a special election for school board.

“I congratulate the re-elected and newly-elected officials, and I also send best wishes to the candidates facing run-offs,” Supervisor Todd Spitzer said. “I thank those citizens who voted for participating in our electoral process.” Continue reading→

Secretary of State says Primary Election votes are still being counted

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, California Leave a comment

Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State

June 4, 2014

Contact: Shannan Velayas, (916) 653-6575

Final California Election Results and Turnout Stats? Many Ballots Still to Be Processed by County Elections Officials

SACRAMENTO – Just as they do after every statewide election, California county elections officials are currently counting the hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail, provisional and other ballots that are not counted on election day.

County elections officials have until July 4 to ensure every eligible ballot is counted accurately and certify final election results to the Secretary of State. Then the Secretary of State has until July 11 to review the materials, resolve any reporting discrepancies and compile the 58 county reports for complete election results. Continue reading→

Live blogging – 2014 OC Primary Election Results

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Orange County 4 Comments

Polling Place in Santa Ana

Well I left a Boy Scout event early tonight and voted – turning in my wife’s and daughter’s absentee ballots as well. Now it is time to start talking about the results of today’s 2014 Open Primary Election.

In the Governor’s race Neel Kashkari is leading Tim Donnelly with 16.8% of the vote versus 13.6%, according to the Secretary of State’s gubernatorial election results. Here in Orange County Kashkari has 28% of the vote versus 18.3% for Donnelly according to the OC Voter Registrar’s election results.

The Lt. Governor’s race is over already with the incumbent, Gavin Newsom, garnering 52.6% of the vote versus 22.2% for the top Republican candidate, Ron Nehring, according to the Secretary of State’s election results. Continue reading→

California’s top two open primary isn’t attracting moderate candidates

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, California, Democratic Party, Republican Party Leave a comment

California AG Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton

Crowdpac

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CALIFORNIA’S ‘TOP TWO’ PRIMARY FAILS TO ATTRACT MORE MODERATE CANDIDATES, NEW DATA SHOWS

– Nearly half of Congressional challengers are more extreme than incumbents
– California Democrats and Republicans are more liberal than the national average
– Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General contests are most polarized statewide race

Los Angeles, California – June 2, 2014. Reformers’ hopes that California’s “top two” primary system would attract more moderates have suffered a setback, according to new research from Crowdpac, a new non-partisan political technology startup that calculates objective scores for candidates based on campaign finance records. Analysis of the ideological positions of candidates running for office in the California primaries tomorrow shows that nearly half the candidates who are challenging incumbents in Congress are more extreme than the incumbents they are seeking to replace, and over half the candidates for the State Assembly and Senate are more extreme than their respective incumbents.

The data analysis from Crowdpac shows that: Continue reading→

UPDATED: Open OC Primary Election, June 3, 2014 Voter Guide

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, California, Orange County 6 Comments

This voter guide addresses the Orange County local and legislative races as well as the State and Local ballot measures.

Open Primary Election, June, 2014:

State Elections

Attorney General:

OC Politics Blog Endorsement: Jonathan Jaech

Other candidates include: Phil Wyman, Kamala Harris

Editor’s Note: There is no way anyone should vote to re-elect Kamala Harris, the Democratic incumbent. She is far too cozy with the police establishment and the police unions. Our endorsed candidate, Jonathan Jaech, is a Libertarian who says that he “will strive to eliminate the exercise of police power against any person charged with a crime that cannot harm another.” Continue reading→

Record 720,000 permanent vote-by-mail ballots sent to OC voters

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, OC Registrar of Voters, Orange County Leave a comment

Vote-by-Mail Voting Underway

Record 720,000 permanent vote-by-mail ballots mailed

SANTA ANA, CA – May 12, 2014 – The Registrar of Voters mailed a record number of vote-by-mail ballots to voters last week. The number of voters receiving a permanent vote-by-mail ballot has more than doubled in the past six years.

“It’s clear that we will continue to see a record number of vote-by-mail ballots cast here in Orange County,” said Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters. “Trends show that vote-by-mail voting will continue to surpass polling place voting,” he continued. Continue reading→