Andrew Do, the Republican incumbent, is being challenged by three Democrats from three different generations: Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, who’s a baby boomer; Westminster Councilman Sergio Contreras, who’s a Generation X’er; and Kim Bernice Nguyen, who’s a millennial.
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Winner-Take-All Battle For Orange County’s 3rd District
OC Supervisor Don Wagner faces off against attorney and OC Fair Board member Ashleigh Aitken to represent canyon communities and cities like Irvine, Tustin, Orange and Yorba Linda on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
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Voter Guide: March 2020 Primary Election
Here’s a rundown of the races up for a decision by Orange County voters.
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OC’s No Party Preference Voters Likely Key to 2020 Elections
Orange County’s 420,000 registered No Party Preference voters are crucial to the 2020 elections because their share of the electorate has nearly doubled in the last 20 years, while Republicans have been bleeding numbers and Democrats made modest increases.
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DA Says He Was Told in May of Decision to Not Prosecute Deputies Over Evidence Handling
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Wednesday he was informed four months into his administration about a decision days after he was sworn in to not file charges against a sheriff’s deputy found to have made 74 false reports about evidence booking.
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Questions Mount for Sheriff and DA About Systemic Errors in Preparing Criminal Cases
On Tuesday, it was publicly disclosed in Orange County Superior Court that sheriff officials kept a deputy in the field doing investigations months after they learned he made numerous false statements in police reports about evidence booking.
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Orange County Gears Up for a New Approach to Voting
All the changes are under the watchful eye of county political activists, partisans and pros looking for the new model’s possible effects on voter turnout and whether those effects could shift the balance of power in the county’s local, state and national elected offices during a crucial election year.
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OC’s Criminal Justice System is at Risk from Attorney Exodus, Union Says
Local prosecutors and public defenders say county supervisors they are destabilizing the justice system by underpaying them.
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Secrecy Battle to Resume Over Deputy’s Evidence Booking Misconduct Records
The records would show what officials knew – and when – about a sheriff’s deputy found to have falsely stated in 74 different reports that he had booked evidence.
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Secrecy Around Sheriff Evidence Misconduct Records Heads to Court Thursday
A judge will decide whether to unseal records about a deputy who was found to have made false statements about evidence in 74 different reports.
