Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/category/news/politics-elections/)
As OC elections officially wrap up this week, no major race outcomes changed much. But for Lauren Barnes, now one of Orange County’s newest – and youngest – elected officials, the race came down to the last day and down to just one vote.
OC likes purple. Voters leaned Democrat for President and Republican in key congressional contests as well as in an urban county supervisors’ seat. Meanwhile, Democrat flipped two key state senate races.
Due to COVID-19 impacts, California may be setting the stage to relinquish state control of some of its fairs. Meanwhile, OC’s Fairgrounds faces an identity crisis.
Kim campaigned on supporting small businesses during the pandemic and lowering taxes and health care costs.
Jockeying has already begun for Michelle Steel’s seat on the OC Board of Supervisors, which is heading to a special election.
The fate of the land, and the historic Santa Anita neighborhood around it, now hinges on a potential three-way battle between activists and two government bodies.
The latest results come from just short of 13,000 new election ballots counted, rounding out a nearly 86% historic voter turnout this year.
Orange County Republicans cemented a victory in flipping back a Congressional seat they lost in 2018.
Contreras is accused of failing to disclose income, gifts, and fundraising for a city statue, which he denies.
Results are largely unchanged with the latest vote totals reported on Monday night.