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Nearly all of Orange County’s incumbent state legislators will be advancing to November, except for Republican Assemblymen Bill Brough and Tyler Diep.
Assemblyman Tyler Diep (R-Westminster) could join Assemblyman Bill Brough (R-Dana Point) on the elections sidelines this fall, after Diep lost his second place spot Wednesday.
Assemblymen Tyler Diep and Bill Brough could be sitting out the November General Election after Diep was barely holding on to second place by 17 votes, according to Tuesday’s updated election results from the OC Registrar of Voters. Brough, who’s far behind in fourth place in the 73rd district, seems unlikely to catch up.
Voice of OC ventures out on Election Night to Democrat and Republican results-watch gatherings. Republicans gathered in Newport Beach and witnessed strong showings on local school board along with state legislature and congressional races.
Voice of OC ventures out on Election Night to Republican and Democrat election results watch parties. Democrats gathered in Orange and witnessed all congressional incumbents secure top vote spots along with a series of strong challenges for seats in the state legislature.
Charter school advocates had backed Republican candidates and teacher’s unions backed Democrat candidates for the board, which can approve and renew charter schools.
Westminster Councilman Sergio Contreras widens lead ahead of other Democrat competitors in the race for the Board of Supervisors 1st District seat. If he holds his lead, he’ll face off against incumbent Andrew Do in November.
If the results still hold when vote counting is over, it will be a rare case in Orange County of a state legislator failing to make it to the November runoff for their seat.
Voters in Orange County’s four key Congressional districts likely will be deciding in November whether to re-elect the incumbent Democrats or oust them in favor of a Republican, according to the latest primary results posted Wednesday.
Republicans are still holding healthy leads from Election Night, but several Democratic challengers in the 1st and 3rd districts are moving up to take the second spot or fight for the lead.