After a decade of guiding the Orange County Republican Party through sometimes tumultuous internal debates, Scott Baugh says he will step down when his current term as chairman ends in January, according to the OC Register. Baugh has been the OC GOP Chairman since 2004.
When Baugh first became the OC GOP Chairman his party’s registration in Orange County was at 48 percent. It is at 41 percent today. It was at 56 percent in 1990. The OC GOP has gone from an 18 point advantage over the Democrats in 2004 to half that today. Continue reading