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Assembly race could be key to political power
Republican Chris Norby won his Assembly seat in 2010 in a district that was 43 percent Republican. If the former county supervisor is re-elected to his 65th District seat, he will have to defeat challenger Sharon Quirk-Silva in a district where the...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Poll: 1/3rd of GOP call Latino boom 'bad news'
Reports that Latinos could surpass the state's population of non-Latino whites in 2013 is "bad news" to about one-third of 189 Orange County Republicans surveyed, according to an OC Political Pulse poll. Among Democrats, just 3.5 percent said it was...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Report: Governor likely underestimated deficit
The state budget deficit, pegged at $15.7 billion by Gov. Jerry Brown this week, may actually be $900 million larger, the non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office says in a report released Friday. The LAO, which is universally respected in Sacramento...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 4:26 pm
South County Assembly seat shows 23-point GOP advantage
In Orange County, no state legislative race favors Republicans more than the 73rd Assembly District. The GOP has a 23 percentage point advantage in this rectangular-shaped district stretching from Dana Point and San Clemente to the Riverside County...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Poorest Assembly district is flooded by PAC money
If you only followed the independent expenditures, you'd think this was a two-horse race: business vs. labor. In the past two weeks, more than $450,000 of third-party money has been unleashed in the 69th Assembly District, Orange County's poorest, by...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:15 pm
O.C. Republican Assembly candidate donated to Democrats
Travis Allen, a Republican running for state Assembly, has in the past contributed to Democrats — something he says he now regrets doing. Allen's contributions included $250 to Friends of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2010 and $500 in 2011 to Brad...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:12 pm
3 from O.C. appointed to judgeships
Orange County's David A. Thompson, Julian W. Bailey, and Lewis W. Clapp have received new judicial appointments from Gov. Jerry Brown, the governor's office announced today. Costa Mesa's Thompson, who has served as a judge for the Orange County...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 2:38 pm
O.C.’s 29th and 37th state Senate districts lean for the GOP
Orange County's two state Senate races this year pit incumbent Republicans against Democratic attorneys in districts that lean for the GOP. In the 29th state Senate District, Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff of Diamond Bar, faces off against...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Benefactor now up to $270k for Assembly candidate Daigle
Just when it looked like Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle could get squeezed out of the 74th Assembly District race, a moderate Republican laden with money bags has stepped up behind her. Daigle is facing incumbent and fellow Republican Allan...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:00 am
Choices clear in O.C.'s 68th Assembly District
The incumbent is worried that California businesses are over-regulated. The challenger thinks they're not regulated enough. That, in a nutshell, captures the differences on display in the race for the 68th Assembly District. The district, located in...
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:00 am