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Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen has overtaken Republican Bob Peterson for second place behind former state Sen. Lou Correa in the race for the 46th District U.S. House seat. The top two will face each other in the November general election.
Former state Sen. Lou Correa outpaced his closest challenger, Republican Bob Peterson, by more than 27 points, according to the night’s final tally from the county Registrar of Voters.
The former state senator has raised $492,801 and benefited from another $613,834 in independent expenditures. His chief rival, former state Sen. Joe Dunn, has raised $386,932.
Candidates for Loretta Sanchez’s soon-to-be vacant U.S. House seat aired their views during a forum Thursday night before a sometimes combative and impatient audience.
Those running to replace Democrat Loretta Sanchez fielded questions Wednesday on immigration, taxation and free trade policies.
Candidates for two key races in central Orange County – First District county supervisor and the 46th congressional district – gathered at Santa Ana College Thursday for a forum.
After victories in the Anaheim council districts battle, and with restorative justice in the schools and immigration at the county, grassroots groups are projecting power in conservative Orange County in ways they haven’t before.
The Anaheim city councilman, who was among four candidates vying for the seat being vacated by Loretta Sanchez, exits the race after being condemned by the Democratic party and shouted down by Latino residents.
The race is on for the 46th District congressional seat, which Loretta Sanchez is vacating for a Senate run, and all four Democrats worked Saturday to establish their progressive credentials in one of the county’s few decidedly blue districts.
While the county will see many jobs created over the next decade, wages won’t grow fast enough to keep up with the cost of housing and rising income inequality, according to the report by UC Irvine and the community-organizing group OCCORD.