As of Wednesday, Democrats led in both of the remaining competitive races for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, which are set to move to a runoff election in November.
The shift comes after several days of Republicans leading in the early results for the Fourth and Fifth District seats, which cover the northern and southern edges of the county respectively.
In the Fifth District, incumbent Supervisor Katrina Foley was in the lead Wednesday evening with 46.98% of the vote against Republican Assemblywoman Diane Dixon, who had 46.81% of the vote.
In the Fourth District, Buena Park Mayor Connor Traut led with over 33% of the vote against Republican OC Board of Education Trustee Tim Shaw with over 31%.
While either race could be decided in the primary if a candidate receives over 50% of the votes, there’s only 10,000 votes left to count throughout the county.
If nobody wins outright, the top two candidates will move onto a runoff election in November.
Those two races will determine whether Democrats maintain a majority on the board of supervisors or if Republicans retake the top spots.
Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, who is also up for reelection in the second district, was on track to reelection with over 60% of the vote.
