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The OC GOP will stick with Congressman Rohrabacher in the race for the 48th C.D.

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Statement on the recent candidate filing in Congressional District 48

ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Hon. Fred Whitaker, Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, released the following statement on the recent candidate filing in Congressional District 48.

“Over the last several days I have fielded dozens if not a hundred emails and phone calls asking why the Republican Party would allow Scott Baugh’s challenge to Congressman Dana Rohrabacher in the 48th Congressional District. Let me reiterate, we are a Republic not a dictatorship. We can persuade, but we cannot prevent, nor should we want anyone to have that type of power. Continue reading→

O.C. Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen to host a campaign kickoff fundraiser on 11/10

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Hugh Nguyen

Orange County Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen is hosting a re-election kick off event on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the home of Tina Aldatz, located at 27752 Greenfield Drive, in Laguna Hills.

Special Guests:

  • Supervisor Chairman Todd Spitzer
  • Supervisor Vice-Chair Lisa Bartlett
  • Author, Entrepreneur Tina Aldatz
  • Former O.C. Republican Party Chairman Scott Baugh

Endorsed By: Continue reading→

The new OC GOP boss is Orange Councilman Fred Whitaker

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Scott Baugh and Fred Whitaker

There’s a new boss at the Republican Party of Orange County – a lawyer and Orange City Councilman named Fred Whitaker.  He is replacing Scott Baugh, the former State Assemblyman and lobbyist who has opted to step down as the leader of the OC GOP after 11 years.

Whitaker is more of a team player than Baugh but he is not nearly as charismatic.  It worries me that he is friendly with the Curt Pringle faction of the OC GOP and he is allied with the disgraceful Republican blogger Matt Cunningham.

Make no mistake about it – there might be a new boss at the helm of the OC GOP but this remains the party of the lobbyists. Continue reading→

Gail Eastman steps in it — misuses GOP logo

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Via Allan Bartlett's Powder Blue Report

Via Allan Bartlett’s Powder Blue Report

Anaheim City Council member Gail Eastman’s been chastised by OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh for inappropriately using the party’s logo in her re-election campaign mailers.  Baugh’s letter above, posted on Facebook and his blog this afternoon by my friend Allan Bartlett, clearly lays out Eastman’s error and threatens legal action if she uses the logo again. Continue reading→

Who should replace Baugh as OC GOP Chairman when he steps down next year?

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Dick Ackerman. Photo Courtesy of the FFFF Blog.

Dick Ackerman. Photo Courtesy of the FFFF Blog.

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→