This photo actually has nothing to do with the Orange County ballot. In fact, the speech took place in Florida's Orange County rather than ours. I just thought that at this point in the Republican Presidential nomination process, most people would simply enjoy a short look at Jon Huntsman.
I’m not sure that these figures in the 8 p.m. version of the Registrar of Voters roster of candidates is truly complete — it looks like they ran out of steam towards the Assembly races and left out some people who filed today — but it’s what’s out there for now, so let’s go with it. I’ll put in updates (and note them at the bottom) as appropriate.
SEE 1ST UPDATES IN BLUE FONT: YESTERDAY’S LIST WASN’T COMPLETE; THE ROSTER HAS BEEN UPDATED ACCORDINGLY! (AND SEE 2ND UPDATES IN ORANGE. AND 3RD UPDATES IN RED.)
U.S. Senator: Robert Lauten and Orly Taitz battle it out! Plus other Republicans and DiFi.
CA-38: Linda Sanchez didn’t even bother filing papers in OC, despite wanting to represent La Palma! (For La Palmans, the junior Sanchez will run against Montebello Law Enforcement Officer Jorge Robles. who will presumably be stompified.)
CA-39: Ed Royce’s seat. Charismatic Democrat Jay Chen of Hacienda Heights (who qualified in LA County) is making great inroads into the county. Occupy OC early-adopter D’Marie Mulattieri will be gunning for Royce.
CA-45: This is the John Campbell & Sukhee Kang face-off. John Webb will perform the amazing feat of sniping at Campbell from the right.
CA-46: Loretta Sanchez will defend her seat against … well, pretty much no one. Jerry Hayden, Pat Garcia, Jorge Rocha and John Cullum have also qualified.
CA-47: This is a big one, one of the closest Congressional races in CA. The Democrat is State Senator Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach. The Republicans are wealthy Long Beach City Councilman Gary DeLong and former Representative Steve Kuykendall of Long Beach. Also running: Sanford Kahn, Steve Foley, and two Shahs from the same Long Beach household, both running as Dems. (Are they trying to split the Democratic vote — or the Shah vote?)
CA-48: Dana Rohrabacher slides down the coast to new digs where he’ll take on MoveOn and Occupy figure Ron Varasteh, mano-a-mano and the mysterious Alan Schlar.
CA-49: Democrats Jerry Tetalman and Dick Eiden compete for the right to take on Darrell Issa down south. Unless not everyone qualified, of course.
SD-29: Your article’s author, Greg Diamond, goes up against Bob Huff, who qualified in LA County, but further deponent sayeth not.
SD-37: Former Congressional Candidate Steve Young will take on Sen. Mimi Walters, who will face a largely new electorate. Occupy wunderkind Emahn Novid, who turns 18 in a few days, is expected to make an NPP write-in run. More on Emahn later!
AD-55: Gregg Fritchle of Walnut and Curt Hagman of Chino Hills repeat their face-off from 2010 in ths sole Assembly District that crosses county lines.
AD-65: Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva’s late entry into the race against Rep. Chris Norby sets up the closest and potentially most important match-up in the county.
AD-68: Longtime Ed Royce foe Christina Avalos will take on Don Wagner.
AD-69: Robert Hammond didn’t qualify; Michele Martinez, Tom Daly, Julio Perez, and Paco Barragan did. This pretty much makes Daly the de facto Republican candidate. (But wait! Republican Jose “Not that Jose Moreno” Moreno has taken out papers as well! If we qualifies, from whom will Not That take votes? And who put him up to running?)
AD-72: Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar entered the race late to run against Tyler Diep … no, Diep’s out … and Matthew Harper of Huntington Be … no, now Harper’s dropped out (and announced for 2018. Yeah, right.) Is Republican Long Pham still in? Apparently so! He hasn’t filed for the Board of Ed race, but I think he still has time. Did Travis Allen’s ballyhooed entry into the race come to pass? Yes it did! Joe Dovinh is the only serious Democrat in the race — sorry, Albert Ayala — and should still make the runoff. The three-way Troy/Travis/Long race for the other spot has the potential to be highly interesting, though I’m betting that most will give Edgar the edge.
AD-73: Diane Harkey defends the seat against James Corbett.
AD-74: This looked to be a straight Allan Mansoor vs. Leslie Daigle race until Bob Rush joined the Democratic Party and signed up. An Occupy write-in candidacy remains a possibility to stir the pot.
County Board of Ed 1: Ken Nguyen has qualified. Long Pham and Anita Mathur have not, but I think that they still have time. (Long Pham is out after a somewhat hilarious last moment two-step described by the Tickle. Robert Hammon, Art Pedroza, and Eleazar Elizondo have qualified.)
County Board of Ed 3: Ken Williams and Mary Galuska have qualified.
County Board of Ed 4: Jack Bedell (presuming that he files) appears likely to be the only person on the ballot who will run unopposed – except for almost all of our state court judges.
Board of Supes 1: Steve Rocco takes on Janet Nguyen.
Board of Supes 3: Friendless Debra Pauly has earned the right to lose badly to Todd Spitzer.
Fullerton Council Recall – Don Bankhead: aspirants to replace him include Jane Rands, Greg Sebourn, Paula Williams and Rick Alvarez. (Note that no Council candidates in any race are shown as being on the ballot.)
Fullerton Council Recall – Dick Jones: aspirants to replace him include Roberta Reid, Glenn Georgieff, Travis Kiger, Michael Hakim, Barry Levinson, and Dorothy Birsic. The shocker (for me, at least), enough to make me wonder if it is a clerical error, is Levinson filing to run in the same race as Travis Kiger. Unless Levinson plans to run as a wingman for Kiger and not pick up any votes, this would seem to split the libertarian vote, making a Glenn Georgieff plurality more likely. If it’s a clever way to get Democrats to support the Jones recall thinking that Georgieff will win — and then mass all of the votes behind Kiger, then I salute the ingenuity — and I think it might work. (And, of course — it did turn out to be a clerical error: Levinson is running for the McKinley seat, as expected.)
Fullerton Council Recall – Pat McKinley: aspirants to replace him include Doug Chaffee, Matthew Rowe, Sean Paden and, following correction of the aforementioned clerical error, Barry Levinson.
Central Committee Seats (bear in mind that AD-55 is mostly out of the county.) I’m just reporting raw numbers here, which may give some sense of the relative interest in institutional party politics on the part of activists in the various parts of the county. Each district sends 6 people to the Democratic and Republican Central Committees. None of the minor parties had more candidates than available seats. (I don’t know if qualification may continue after Saturday’s report, but it’s not clear to me why it would.)
55 — 3 Dem (2 qualified), 14 Rep (10 qualified)
65 — 6 Dem (6 qualified), 12 Rep (11 qualified)
68 — 12 Dem (9 qualified), 20 Rep (18 qualified)
69 — 10 Dem (7 qualified), 12 Rep (10 qualified)
72 — 8 Dem (5 qualified), 18 Rep (14 qualified)
73 — 14 Dem (13 qualified), 23 Rep (22 qualified)
74 — 16 Dem (13 qualified), 21 Rep (16 qualified)
Minor parties: AI (3 of 10, AD-73 only); Green (5 of 7, countywide); P&F (1 of 5, 5th Supv. Dist.) (all qualified)
UPDATE! UPDATE!
This is probably as good a place to note this as any: The Secretary of State has extended the filing period in over 50 races statewide, for the reason that an incumbent has not filed. Orange County districts affected by this include:
CA-47 (the “Allen Lowenthal vs. Gary DeLong or Steve Kuykendall” race)
AD-69 (the “only four Democrats are left in it and all Republicans are skeered to run” race)
AD-72 (the “Travis Allen, Edgar of Troy, Long Pham vs. Joe Dovinh” race).
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ccrov/pdf/2012/march/12083em.pdf
So the roster above is not entirely final. If there’s a Republican out there in the district named “Tom Daley” or something like that, this is your ticket to glory!
(Note to Robert Hammond: even if Phu Nguyen does run against you for OCBE, after that press release announcing your switch, you’re stuck. No backsies.)
Note: OCPolitical (the Chrises’ blog, not Pedroza’s) has a different lineup of candidates that would change my analysis somewhat — and reinforce my tentative conclusion that this page from the Registrar of Voters as yet remains wildly unreliable as of 10:30 a.m. Saturday — but I’m not sure that it would change my conclusions. The biggest changes are Rick Alvarez in the Bankhead seat and Barry Levinson in the McKinley seat. I think that Bankhead still gets retained and that Chaffee still wins McKinley’s seat.
Note that the roster has been updated with Saturday’s additions, listed in blue.
Wonder if Long Pham had second thoughts about running when the question of where (or if) he earned his PhD was raised on Pedroza’s site?
Vote NO to ALLAN MANSOOR
travis allen in the 72nd,,,what is that all about
I don’t know. OCPolitical announced it before it happened, but the Registrar doesn’t show that he filed — BUT, it also doesn’t show that Sharon Q-S and Julio Perez filed (which I know they both did), so I’m guessing that what’s online now (from which I took the info for this post) is not the final word.
Harper out of AD-72 is a bigger story than Allen in, though, in my opinion.
I got two CRAZY-ASS e-mails from Travis Allen’s folks, who are FURIOUS that Harper has endorsed Troy Edgar, a guy who comes from *gasp* OUTSIDE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH! I mean, I’m guessing that’s what happened – apparently the Allen people won’t mention Edgar’s name, just like Spitzer won’t let the name Debra Pauly soli his lips. Let me just copy from them…
SITTING HUNTINGTON BEACH COUNCILMAN PREMATURELY ENDORSES OUT-OF-TOWN CANDIDATE FOR ASSEMBLY
COUNCILMAN MATT HARPER ABANDONS THE PEOPLE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH WITH FOREIGN ENDORSEMENT
Huntington Beach, CA – March 9, 2012 – In what can only be characterized as a slap in the face to the loyal residents of Huntington Beach, California, sitting Councilman Matt Harper prematurely endorsed an out-of-town candidate for assembly; however, the most disturbing fact is that Mr. Harper endorsed the foreign candidate before the deadline to run has concluded.
Not only do Matt Harper’s actions raise questions about moral turpitude, but also his off-putting decision has put the future of Huntington Beach in direct jeopardy. For the first time in the political history of Huntington Beach, the 4th largest city in Orange County and the 18th largest city in California may not have direct representation in Sacramento, which is simply tragic for the residents of the city, the county and the state.
Huntington Beach residents have been outspoken about Matt Harper’s stunning decision but local resident and candidate Travis Allen may have put it best when he said, “Personally I am shocked by Mr. Harper’s announcement and like most residents, find myself questioning his motivation for abandoning the people of Huntington Beach when we need him most.” Allen added, “When personal agenda takes precedence over the taxpayer’s best interest, the balance of power has been compromised and an individual’s true colors are revealed. It is definitely time to bring the power back to the residents of Huntington Beach and select a local candidate that doesn’t just represent the residents, but is one of the residents.”
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Approved By: Travis Allen For Assembly
Jed Wallace
Street Relations, Inc.
(310) 403-0559
HUNTINGTON BEACH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS UNITE BEHIND LOCAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE TRAVIS ALLEN
IN THE WAKE OF MATT HARPER’S TROUBLING DECISION TO ABANDON THE RESIDENTS OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, TRAVIS ALLEN OFFERS HOPE
Huntington Beach, CA – March 10, 2012 – On the heels of sitting Councilman Matt Harper’s shocking decision to endorse an out-of-town candidate for assembly, the residents of Huntington Beach are not focusing on the negative impact of Harper’s actions, but rather unite and vocalize their collective support of Assembly candidate and local Huntington Beach resident Travis Allen.
Considered a financial wunderkind and born leader by his colleagues, clients and peers, Travis Allen has become Huntington Beach’s great hope for the Assembly and beyond. Mr. Allen is a Certified Financial Planner and the President of the Wealth Strategies Group, a wealth management firm located in Costa Mesa, California. Moreover, Mr. Allen is an upstanding member of the Financial Planning Association, the Orange County Forum, the South Coast Metro Alliance, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Pacific Council on Foreign Policy, and the World Affairs Council of Orange County.
Local residents and community leaders have quickly rallied behind Mr. Allen’s candidacy for Huntington Beach Assembly and one respected Orange County Philanthropist and long time Huntington Beach business owner Ed Laird was quite demonstrative when he said, “I’m on board with Travis Allen for the 72nd Assembly District. I’ve lived and worked in Huntington Beach for a long time and we have always had our Assembly District Representative live in our community. As one of the largest cities in the State it is important that the concept of representation works.” Laird continued, “Travis Allen is a long time resident of Orange County and a Huntington Beach Resident. He is young, enthusiastic and above all, passionate about the things that count. He is a successful financial planner and understands how to manage money and make currency work for you. He will undoubtedly do that for us in Sacramento.”
“Most importantly, redistricting resulted in Huntington Beach being divided in half. The lower half went to the 74th Assembly District, with the incumbent living in Costa Mesa. The upper half has two people in the race – a resident of Los Alamitos, and one from Huntington Beach. This is our last chance to secure a rightful seat for this community and Travis is well equipped to do a great job for all the taxpayers in that District,” concluded Mr. Laird.
Travis Allen said this of Ed Laird, “He is an icon and personifies everything that is good about Orange County, Ca. To have Ed Laird as a friend is like having an army of supporters who believe in you. I am humbled by his kind words and will not rest until Huntington Beach is back in capable hands.”
Candidate Allen has pledged to make Sacramento work harder, more efficiently and be more responsive to the actual issues affecting every voter and taxpayer in Huntington Beach, CA. Jobs, business growth and expansion, and budget cuts are among his top priorities.
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Approved By: Travis Allen For Assembly
Contact: Jed Wallace
Street Relations, Inc.
(310) 403-0559
As public relations efforts go, that one is extremely … extreme.
Travis Allen is a Costa Mesa businessman and Costa Mesa is in the 74th Assembly District.
Doesn’t Travis Allen live in downtown Huntington Beach in the 74th Assembly District? It wasn’t that long ago that Joe Carchio was pretending to live in the 72nd Assembly District, too.
If Allen had such a strong Huntington Beach network, then why would he hire an out-of-town Los Angeles spokesman from “Street Relations.”
It really depends on precisely where he lives. Here’s a map: http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/districts/AD74/
Yes, that is some really wild shit, I almost feel like taking it farther with a parody. There’s obviously some really bad blood between Travis Allen’s clique on the one side and Harper’s & Edgar’s crowd on the other. “Moral turpitude?” What’s all that about? I feel like contacting Harper. Hey, maybe he’ll be cool about Occupy. If he’s so morally turpy.
If he’s turpy, he’ll be OK with us so long as we stay near the high school, which the Mayor seems to want. (Story coming up on that, btw.)
The notion that “Huntington Beach MUST HAVE A STATE LEGISLATOR (and therefore it must be me”) is just darling. He probably is right, even if cynical, to try to tap into the long simmering ethnic hatred between Huntington Beach and Los Alamitos. Who can forget the atrocities committed by Los Alamitos soldiers in the 20th century against the prisoners of war they collected from Huntington Beach? Some crimes against humanity, or Huntingtonity, simply do not fade.
Anyway, this takes away some of the sting of Harper dropping out, and increases the payout on the bet I’m placing on a runoff between Pham and Ayala. I’m getting three brazillion to one on that one.
Funny that you would reference the old war with Los Alamitos. I first mentioned that on this blog, here:
http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2008/06/the-bridges-of-orange-county-pt-1-of-19/
(See 5th photo and commentary)
goes back even further,,,,some guys for los al tried surfing at the cliffs in the old days,,,they were not wearing kanvas by katin and all hell broke loose
Funny, willie. When I was growing up in HB, we considered even people from Westminster to be “inlanders.” This is why God eventually sent me to live among the foothills in Brea — or, as it shall be known once global warming has truly kicked in — “the beach.”
Vern — you know that haven’t gotten past 2009 in reading the OJB backlist!
By the way: I’ve realized that, according to my records, Tom Harman will continue to represent SD-34 (and thus HB) in the State Senate through 2014, so “for the first time in the political history of Huntington Beach, the 4th largest city in Orange County and the 18th largest city in California may not have direct representation in Sacramento” is inaccurate.
So everyone in HB can calm down; there is no patriotic need to vote for Travis Allen this year — except of course to deny Los Alamitos their share of representation in Sacramento. “No representation for the dirty Alamitans!”
By the way, the pingback from our friends at OC-tickle on this post is worth a read: http://ocpolitical.com/2012/03/11/bizarre-travis-allen-strategy-in-ad-72-alienate-non-huntington-beach-voters-and-declare-los-alamitos-to-be-foreign
Is Street Relations Inc. publicly traded? I want to put in my order to sell short before the markets open.
Looks like Travis turned everything in but they will have to verify his signatures before they official list him.
The Registrar office should have it figuered out by Monday sometime.
Is Travis Allen related to Doris Allen?
No he does not appear to be related to Doris
Free passes – to Loretta (yay) and Janet (WTF?) Very disappointed in both lou and Jose, they were the two who could have taken on Janet, either one would have been better than her, but again they disappoint.
Now Pedroza’s gonna rag on the Democrats for not running someone against Janet, and he’ll be RIGHT! After that Black April debacle and everything…
http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2010/04/janet-has-really-stepped-in-it/
Good thing for Loretta though, after losing all her money to Kinde Durkee. Now she really doesn’t need any. Hey, everyone go to her Progressive Politics event this afternoon… I can’t, gotta get ready for my 4pm concert…
I thought that Steve Rocco is a union guy or something, right? To be fair, I haven’t been paying much attention yet. Anyway, he did qualify, so it’s not a totally free pass unless he’s just there to take a fall.
What’s your thought on the Levinson choice of seats, assuming that the ROV didn’t make a truly huge mistake? That’s just … bizarre.
Are you serious, about Steve Rocco? You do have some catching up to do, in local politics. Google him! He is the famed ketchup thief and perennial, deranged candidate, bless his heart!
PS, if I’m remembering correctly, that’s one more embarrassing episode in Matt Cunningham’s past. 2006 or so. Cunningham or “Jubal” backed Rocco for Orange City School Board SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A UNION MEMBER. And then Rocco spent his term railing against the conspiracy between Albertson’s, Kraft Sausage and (I think) Kodak films for framing him years earlier for shoplifting. (That’s not to be confused with the ketchup charge.)
He is always entertaining when he runs. But then you feel guilty for gawking, and laughing.
Oops. Yes, there are gaps in the programming I was given in New York before descending back into OC. Knowledge of Steve Rocco is among them.
So why is Nguyen running — and I’m going to accept your version of it now — unopposed?
She should thank Durkee.
Was Lou going for this — or Jose? Or someone else? I’ve heard all sorts of rumors over the past 8 months (or whatever.)
There were many people who kept asking both of them to run or decide which one should run.
I heard of other people being asked also but no one stepped up. See comment above.
Not having heard of Steve Rocco before, I had presumed that he was a credible Democratic candidate. Apparently he’s neither. Not having a Democrat to vote for in the district that Tom Umberg came not that far from winning in 2007 — even if it was very likely to be a losing race — is disappointing
First, Umberg didn’t come anywhere near winning anything in 2007.
Second, you can vote for Janet Nguyen who is a Republican in name only – if you don’t mind supporting a monstrous, unprincipled megalomaniac.
He has a Wikipedia page, Tony, on which here are the primary results:
2007 Orange County Board of Supervisors, 1st District
Janet Nguyen (R), 10,919 – 24.1%
Trung Nguyen (R), 10,912 – 24.1%
Tom Umberg (D), 9,725 – 21.4%
Carlos Bustamante (R), 7,460 – 16.5%
He came within 3% of making the runoff. My sense from discussions at the time is that Democrats had not taken the primary nearly seriously enough and that, had he made it into the runoff, Republicans having gotten 75% of the vote in the district would have been a huge wake-up call. Maybe he still would have lost, but you would have seen proper focus on the race. I’ll amend it to “winning the primary.”
No, I can’t vote for Janet. I’ve just been moved from the 3rd into the 4th district. (And I don’t think that overall we Dems consider her a RINO, except by the sort of peculiar definition that also renders Royce, Ackerman, Bush 43, etc. as RINOs.)
If I were in that district I’d just write somebody in. Maybe Joe Dunn. Or maybe vote Rocco just as a bitter joke.
It makes sense, Greg, to me, to call Janet, Ackerman, Royce, Bush 43 etc. RINOs. Republicans are SUPPOSED to stand for small government, against wasteful spending, and for liberty and transparency. Granted most of ’em don’t. But I respect people like Bushala who try to keep Republicans loyal to their professed ideals. Maybe MOST elected Republicans are “RINOs.”
Just as Solorio, Correa and Daly are DINOs.
You should learn to quit while you’re behind. Each of the two Vietnamese-Americans outpolled Slumberg (who actually lived in ritzy Villa Park). It was “close” only because there were two Nguyens – each of which got more votes than him.
There was no runoff. It was a direct election.
If you care to look at Janet Nguyen’s record on the BOS you will not see the record of a conservative Republican; rather you will see a fairly standard liberal Democrat. You should be happy about that.
No. Me and Greg are liberal Democrats. We don’t recognize her.
Sorry, Tony, my mistake. I remembered that the contest continued past election night, but when you said that he “didn’t come anywhere near winning in 2007” I thought that I must have forgotten about a runoff. Instead, my vague memory was of a recount rather than a runoff.
What that means that my initial statement that he almost won — failing to gain office by less than 3% — was correct. Losing by 1200 votes out of almost 40,000 cast strikes me as “almost winning.” That’s true, by the way, regardless of whether there was one, two, or many Nguyens. Yes, if there had been only one Nguyen, he apparently would have lost badly — but that’s not a comment on how close he actually came to winning.
Here’s a recap for those, like me, who don’t have the history of the race memorized: http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/10/local/me-viet10.
Goof luck Steve Rocco, Free catchup for everyone.
This is probably as good a place as any to note this: The Secretary of State has extended the filing period in over 50 races statewide, for the reason that an incumbent has not filed. Orange County districts affected by this include:
CA-47 (the “Allen Lowenthal vs. Gary DeLong or Steve Kuykendall” race)
AD-69 (the “only four Democrats are left in it and all Republicans are skeered to run” race)
AD-72 (the “Travis Allen, Edgar of Troy, Long Pham vs. Joe Dovinh” race).
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ccrov/pdf/2012/march/12083em.pdf
So the roster above is not entirely final. If there’s a Republican out there in the district named “Tom Daley” or something like that, this is your ticket to glory!
(Note to Robert Hammond: even if Phu Nguyen does run against you for OCBE, after that press release announcing your switch, you’re stuck. No backsies.)
Jerry Tetalman is endorsed by the California Democratic party. His website is JerryforCongress2012.com. Let’s send Darrell Issa home and Jerry to Congress instead. He believes in “governing” and will be available to all of his constituents, not just those with greenbacks. He supports clean energy and public education, as well as health care for as many people as possible. He is supportive of women’s issues, the post office, and preserving social security and medicare. Your vote is important. Please vote and we can turn the stalemate in Congress around.
Did the third candidate qualify, Molly?
I’m going to have an article up soon praising Issa. Trust me, you’ll like it.
good luck Greg, Ron, Emahn, D’Marie… for someone ignorant of local politics, what is a good map that explains these district numbers? (cursory googling was unhelpful.)
if possible maybe even a map that gives some info about usual party preferences of each district?
Thanks, Christian. When I want to look something up, I go to http://www.aroundthecapital.com, which has a nice, easy-to-use, presentation. Here’s the link to my district’s page, from which you can use the pull-down menus at the top to get to any other California Congressional district or state legislative district.
Hi Christian, here are the three pieces we did after the redistricting, they’ve got good maps:
Congressional Districts:
http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2011/07/orange-countys-new-congressional-districts-updated/
Assembly Districts:
http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2011/07/orange-countys-brand-new-assembly-districts/
State Senate Districts:
http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/2011/08/lastly-our-new-state-senate-districts/
Of course these were all written last July so the “chismes” are mostly wrong – for the current crop of candidates, stick to THIS story!
I hope that you still wanted that posted here even without the URL you had attached.