Our friends at the Bubbling Cauldron blog are reporting that “According to the Registrar of Voters office this morning, all the ballots have been counted and the numbers are final. They will be certified tomorrow.”
The biggest outcome of the election was Shawn Nelsons’ victory in the 4th Supervisorial District. The Chair of the Board, Janet Nguyen, bet the house on Harry Sidhu. Now she has egg on her face – and might end up being removed as Chair of the Board. Ouch!
Here are some of the results I am most pleased about:
Gay-bashing O.C. Education Trustee Alexandria Coronado gets the boot!
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| DAVID L. BOYD | 38,419 | 50.7% |
| * ALEXANDRIA A. “ALEX” CORONADO | 37,403 | 49.3% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Our was the only blog in town that promoted Boyd’s campaign! Congratulations to him and let this be a lesson to gay bashers everywhere!
Supervisor Janet Nguyen comes in 4th in 68th AD OC GOP Central Committee race
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| * ED ROYCE, SR. (REP) | 14,693 | 11.7% |
| * KERMIT MARSH (REP) | 12,964 | 10.3% |
| * MARK MC CURDY (REP) | 11,458 | 9.1% |
| JANET NGUYEN (REP) | 11,329 | 9.0% |
| JEFF R. MATHEWS (REP) | 11,040 | 8.8% |
| STEVE A. NAGEL (REP) | 10,962 | 8.7% |
| WENDY LEECE (REP) | 10,019 | 8.0% |
| * TYLER DIEP (REP) | 8,223 | 6.5% |
| DINA NGUYEN (REP) | 8,103 | 6.4% |
| JON B. AIKEN (REP) | 7,194 | 5.7% |
| LORRI BETHEL (REP) | 7,029 | 5.6% |
| BOB GREEN (REP) | 6,862 | 5.5% |
| ANDREW DO (REP) | 5,976 | 4.7% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
How mortifying! Supervisor Janet Nguyen came in 4th in her campaign for the OC GOP Central Committee, in the 68th A.D. And Andrew Do, her former Chief of Staff, who is a Councilman in Garden Grove, came in dead last! The guy that Nguyen opposed for the 4th District, Shawn Nelson, came in first in his Central Committee campaign. And so the end of Nguyen begins…
Lupe Moreno ousted from OC GOP’s Central Committee, in the 69th A.D.
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| * BRETT ELLIOTT FRANKLIN (REP) | 4,631 | 13.2% |
| ROBERT MORRIS HAMMOND (REP) | 4,230 | 12.0% |
| SCOTT CARPENTER (REP) | 4,089 | 11.6% |
| * TIMOTHY “TIM” RYAN WHITACRE (REP) | 3,806 | 10.8% |
| * THOMAS ANTHONY GORDON (REP) | 3,691 | 10.5% |
| * CUONG SINH CAO (REP) | 3,393 | 9.7% |
| * LUPE MORENO (REP) | 3,167 | 9.0% |
| * THERESA (TERRY) CONTRERAS (REP) | 3,093 | 8.8% |
| HARRY SIDHU (REP) | 2,902 | 8.3% |
| CAM MANGELS (REP) | 2,110 | 6.0% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Orange County Republicans hate Mexicans so much that they ousted Lupe Moreno from the OC GOP Central Committee, in the 69th A.D., even though she hates Mexicans too!
And carpetbagger Harry Sidhu was totally rejected, coming near to dead last. What about Thomas Gordon, who is also a candidate for the Santa Ana City Council in November? Gordon came in fifth! Not a good showing for the guy who collected signatures for Sidhu in this race…
Blogger Allan Bartlett wins a seat on the OC GOP Central Committee, in the 70th A.D.
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| * THOMAS A. “TOM” FUENTES (REP) | 20,420 | 11.4% |
| * MARY YOUNG (REP) | 19,132 | 10.6% |
| JOHN WARNER (REP) | 16,085 | 9.0% |
| JOHN DRAPER (REP) | 13,438 | 7.5% |
| LYNN SCHOTT (REP) | 13,261 | 7.4% |
| * ALLAN BARTLETT (REP) | 13,178 | 7.3% |
| WILLARD “BILL” DUNLAP (REP) | 12,943 | 7.2% |
| SCOTT “SCOTTY” VOIGTS (REP) | 12,813 | 7.1% |
| MEGAN “MEG” CARA BARTH (REP) | 10,625 | 5.9% |
| * DICK NICHOLS (REP) | 9,996 | 5.6% |
| * JACK WU (REP) | 8,381 | 4.7% |
| LINDA UPDEGRAFF (REP) | 8,018 | 4.5% |
| * MATTHEW HOLDER (REP) | 7,701 | 4.3% |
| ERIK K. WEIGAND (REP) | 4,542 | 2.5% |
| CAROL PRICE (REP) | 3,927 | 2.2% |
| NICK WILSON (REP) | 2,626 | 1.5% |
| ERIN KUNKLE (REP) | 2,609 | 1.5% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Allan Bartlett, the blogger who was booted off the Red County blog this year, hung on to win his re-election campaign for the 70th A.D. OC GOP Central Committee. Congrats Allan! Ironically, one of the guys he beat, Scott Voigts, managed the campaign of Don Wagner, for the 70th A.D. Wagner won, beating out Jerry Amante and Steven Choi. My guess is that Wagner will now appoint Voigts as his alternate to the Central Committee.
Shawn Nelson runs away with the 4th Supervisorial District
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| SHAWN NELSON | 18,739 | 30.4% |
| HARRY SIDHU | 11,421 | 18.5% |
| LORRI GALLOWAY | 10,035 | 16.3% |
| ART BROWN | 9,986 | 16.2% |
| ROSE MARIE ESPINOZA | 7,616 | 12.3% |
| RICHARD FAHER | 3,873 | 6.3% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Another race we called! The surprise was Lorri Galloway not only losing but almost losing to Art “Stinky Pete” Brown too!
And just like that, Harry Sidhu is done in politics…
Now it is true that Sidhu will face Nelson again in November, but Sidhu will find it hard to get any support now.
Adios to Mexican basher Bill Hunt!
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| * SANDRA HUTCHENS | 221,886 | 52.7% |
| BILL HUNT | 115,567 | 27.4% |
| CRAIG HUNTER | 83,942 | 19.9% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
I can live with Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. Nice to see Hunt finished at last. Mexican-bashing ruined his campaign.
Mission Viejo’s Measure D loses big
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| Yes | 7,891 | 37.6% |
| No | 13,072 | 62.4% |
The Frank Ury coalition took another hit as their odious Measure D tanked. Kudos to Larry Gilbert and company for stopping yet another bad idea!
I blew this one! Just spoke to Larry. He said Dale Tyler wrote this measure and patterned it after Measure B in Yorba Linda. The O.C. Register editorial board was against it.
How did Orly Taitz get so many votes for Secretary of State?
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| DAMON DUNN (REP) | 169,852 | 71.1% |
| ORLY TAITZ (REP) | 69,151 | 28.9% |
| ROY V. ALLMOND, JR. (REP) (W) | 8 | 0.0% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Well, the good news is that Orly Taitz is finished, but how did she get almost 70,000 votes? Unknown neophyte Damon Dunn now gets to lose to incumbent Debra Bowen in November.
Chuck DeVore couldn’t even win in Orange County!
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| CARLY FIORINA (REP) | 150,135 | 53.1% |
| CHUCK DEVORE (REP) | 78,404 | 27.7% |
| TOM CAMPBELL (REP) | 49,127 | 17.4% |
| AL RAMIREZ (REP) | 3,495 | 1.2% |
| TIM KALEMKARIAN (REP) | 1,822 | 0.6% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Poor Chuck. He couldn’t even win in Orange County! Now Carly Fiorina gets to take on Barbara Boxer. Good luck with that!
Watch out Loretta!
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| * LORETTA SANCHEZ (DEM) | 17,409 | 100.0% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| VAN TRAN (REP) | 10,706 | 54.6% |
| KATHERINE H. SMITH (REP) | 5,017 | 25.6% |
| TAN NGUYEN (REP) | 3,876 | 19.8% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Ruh roh! Add up the GOP votes and Van Tran and company got more votes than Loretta Sanchez, in the 47th Congressional Disrict. Will Latinos vote in November? If they don’t, Loretta could be done.\
Lucille Kring gets more votes than Lou Correa – reason to worry?
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| * LOU CORREA (DEM) | 25,297 | 100.0% |
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
| Vote Count | Percentage | |
| LUCILLE KRING (REP) | 25,383 | 100.0% |
I don’t think Correa has much to worry about, in the 34th State Senate District, but his GOP opponent did get a few more votes than him in the primary. Now if Latinos don’t vote in November, well that could be very bad indeed!
Click here for the rest of the eleciton results.
Too funny, Art. Measure D was written by Dale Tyler and was backed by Larry Gilbert, Brad Morton, Connie Lee, and Gail Reavis. You got it all exactly backwards as “Larry and company” lost by over 2 to 1.
Wow! talk about a “faux Paux”. Measure D was “odius” and it did “tank” but it was supported by Larry Gilbert and his band of grouchy ole people. the “Frank Ury coalition” won by a landslide. Nice to know you at least recognize a bad measure.
Girl Scout Leader,
Yes, I blew that one. When the Register opposed it I figured Larry was on that side.
Again, I don’t really understand what Dale was up to with Measure D. Larry did point out that many voters did not vote. True, but putting that on the ballot just a few months after the MacLean recall was probably a bad idea.
What Mission Viejo really needs is ward specific elections!
No one understands what Dale is up to, Art. So don’t feel bad. You’re in a large crowd.
I think what Mission Viejo needs is a ward to put the people who want to stop change in; you know, those who were against the library, the senior center, the new city hall, and for Measure D. 78,000 people in MV have a library card. Last month the circulation was a little over 79,000 items. The senior center sees constant use and is a great gathering place…I’m sure you get the idea. 🙂
Art. This was Dan Avery’s comments at our city council meeting tonight. He was on his laptop less than 20 feet from me. No one opposed the library. Therefore LBM is Dan Avery.
Art, you take the art (no pun intended) of “shifting alliances” to a new depth with this one. I’ll give you an out: by “odious,” you really meant the result, right 😉 This is what happens when one’s zealous desire to instill an atmostphere of conflict inconveniently gets in the way of the facts.
More mortification in the 68th Republican Central Committee as Wendy Leece, who rode Allan Mansoor’s coattails to victory four years ago, missed the cut. She lost out to Jeff Mathews, a relatively unknown and Costa Mesa Parks and Rec. Commissioner. Mathews snuck to within 300 votes of Janet’s total… amazing!
Potstirrer,
Good point! That is a terrible showing for Leece.
Mathews should run for the City Council!
Does anyone know if they had to use a forklift to oust Lupe?
Art, a friend of mine directed me to this page. I have no ill will toward you, but I do take concern with your comment on the AD 69 Central Committee election result. I live in Santa Ana, and I am white, according to your comments you think I’m ineligible to represent a district I live in. I have many friends in the district of many different racial backgrounds, race never came into the conversation when we talked about the issues that mattered most to where our country, city, and party need to be. To imply I cannot hold an office I ran for because I am not white is hurtful. Please tell me, if I live in Santa Ana, according to you where may I run?
Scott,
Did you read the post? You aren’t mentioned at all. Here is what I wrote about the race you referenced:
Orange County Republicans hate Mexicans so much that they ousted Lupe Moreno from the OC GOP Central Committee, in the 69th A.D., even though she hates Mexicans too!
And carpetbagger Harry Sidhu was totally rejected, coming near to dead last. What about Thomas Gordon, who is also a candidate for the Santa Ana City Council in November? Gordon came in fifth! Not a good showing for the guy who collected signatures for Sidhu in this race…
That was it Scott, so I am very perplexed as to what the heck you are talking about.
I will say however that your party should be concerned when NO Latinos are on your 69th AD Central Committee. Have you looked at this district’s demographics? There is a reason your party is dying Scott…
scott in pedroza world the 69th is racist because no latinos are in it. . could we say santa ana is racist since 99% is latino no whites are in it . . also most of the latinos in that area cant vote any way . hmmmm wonder why