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Joe Dovinh announces he will run for the 34th Senate District in 2014

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Democratic 72nd Assembly District candidate Joe Dovinh, who came in third in the Open Primary on June 5, has announced that he will be running for the 34th State Senate District in 2014, in an email message he sent to supporters today.  The 34th S.D. is currently held by Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana).

Dovinh lives in Garden Grove, which appears to be entirely in the 34th.  Other cities in the 34th include Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Westminster, Midway City, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, and part of Anaheim.  According to the final voter registration data for the 34th, 19.4% of the voters have Asian surnames and 24% of the voters in the district have Latino surnames. Continue reading→

Are 72nd A.D. GOP candidates giving mobile home owners the shaft?

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GOP 72nd A.D. candidates Joe Carchio and  Matt Harper, Picture Courtesy of the Surf City Voice

Huntington Beach Mayor Joe Carchio and Council Member Matt Harper, who are both Republican candidates for the 72nd Assembly District, which includes part of West Santa Ana, are trying to eliminate a city commission – the Mobile Home Advisory Board (MHAB), according to the Surf City Voice.

If Carchio and Harper cannot get rid of the MHAB Commission, then they will try to eliminate “the at-large members whose current purpose is to provide a buffer between park owners and park residents and an independent look at the issues.”

Harper must have learned this from his former boss, Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, who has been trying to eliminate community positions from the O.C. Caloptima board. Continue reading→

Joe Dovinh announces campaign for 72nd Assembly District

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PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 2, 2011

Contact: Jim Benson, Campaign Manager
Phone: (714) 396-6199, Fax: (800) 562-9318, Email: VoteJoe72@Gmail.com

Bring Back American Dream for Californians
JOE DOVINH declares campaign for Assembly District 72

Orange County, California: Garden Grove Planning Commissioner Joe Dovinh, announced his candidacy today for the newly redrawn Assembly District 72 which includes Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Sunset Beach, Midway City and Santa Ana. He operates a Business and Law Center in Garden Grove with his wife, Councilwoman Dina Nguyen. Continue reading→

Four Republicans now running for the 72nd Assembly District

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There are now four Republicans running for the 72nd Assembly District, which includes part of Santa Ana.  The Republican candidates include Huntington Beach Council Member Matt Harper (Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s former Chief of Staff); Westminster Mayor Pro Tem Tyler Diep; OC Board of Education Trustee Long Pham and Huntington Beach Mayor Joe Carchio.

All of them will be appearing at the next meeting of the Fountain Valley Republican Assembly on Nov. 17.  Here are the details: Continue reading→

72nd A.D. GOP candidate got a job at the County despite a hiring freeze

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“Matthew Harper, a top aide to Supervisor Janet Nguyen, was quietly transferred this month from Nguyen’s office to OC Waste & Recycling as a public affairs manager. The move raised a few eyebrows in the supervisors’ fifth-floor offices in the county Hall of Administration,” according to the Voice of OC.

Harper, a Republican, is also a candidate for the 72nd Assembly District, which includes part of Santa Ana.  He is also a member of the Huntington Beach City Council.

We previously introduced our readers to Harper and his opponent, Westminster Mayor Pro Tem Tyler Diep.  In that post we revealed that: Continue reading→

Santa Ana’s other Assembly race features Harper versus Diep

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Most Santa Ana residents live in the 69th Assembly District, but a few, on the west side, live in the newly created 72nd Assembly District.  This new district includes the following cities: Westminster, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, a portion of Huntington Beach, a portion of Santa Ana, and the unincorporated county island of Midway City.

Yes – this district includes quite a bit of Little Saigon – and it also encompasses Vietnamese communities in Fountain Valley, Santa Ana and other parts of the district. Continue reading→