Orange County’s November 2018 Election Day in Photos
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Voters lined up at community centers, elementary schools and clubhouses on Nov. 6, 2018, to vote in the general election.
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Voters lined up at community centers, elementary schools and clubhouses on Nov. 6, 2018, to vote in the general election.
It finally came. After months and months of rhetoric, speculation and an endless stream of attack mailers, Election Day arrived on a sunny Tuesday in Orange County.
After decades of low turnout, Latinos nationwide may be poised — thanks in large part to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s anti-immigration stance — to at last have an impact on Election Day that matches their population gains.
Democrat leads incumbent Republican Chris Norby by 1,701 votes with 17,659 absentee ballots still to be counted.
The GOP thought Chris Norby’s 65th Assembly seat was safe, but now it appears Sharon Quirk-Silva will win and give Democrats a supermajority.
Dozens of political groups face fines each election cycle for illegally hiding their contributors, records show. Campaign watchdogs say the penalties are so low that some see it as simply a cost of doing business.
This year’s fight for two open seats on the Anaheim City Council has been especially rough, with negative campaign mailers coming from all sides. But when it comes to finding out who’s behind them, not all mailers are created equal.
On an Election Day when public employee unions nationwide suffered significant defeats, the Anaheim City Council agreed to a contract with its employees that includes layoff protection and lump sum payouts.
Mayor Miguel Pulido garnered 51.9 percent of the vote, while
challenger Alfredo Amezcua finished with 25.2 percent.
Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor, a Republican, prevails over
Democrat Phu Nguyen.