Did Barragan set a record by getting only 605 votes in the primary?
When Francisco Barragan got only 605 votes, as a Democratic candidate in the Open Primary election for the 69th Assembly District, this year, according to Smart Voter, he may well…
2012 Elections
Democratic Party
Elections
Loretta Sanchez
Politics
Republican Party
Santa Ana
Tom Daly
Will Orange County Democrats run away from Obama in November?
Will Orange County’s Democratic candidates run away from the increasingly unpopular President Barack Obama in November? He is likely to win the State of California, but I can’t see him…
2012 Elections
Democratic Party
Education
Eleazar Elizondo
Elections
Julio Perez
Labor
Michele Martinez
Orange County
Politics
Santa Ana
Orange County liberals crashed and burned in primary election
It was not a good night for Orange County's liberals, who crashed and burned in California's first Open Primary. Labor spent hundreds of thousands on Julio Perez' campaign for the…
2012 Elections
Democratic Party
Education
Eleazar Elizondo
Elections
Orange County
Politics
Santa Ana
Elizondo was forced to change his ballot designation as he is not a teacher
I reported on Thursday about O.C. Board of Education, Area One, candidate Eleazar Elizondo's comments to an OC Weekly reporter about how teaching adults is not teaching. Now that OC Weekly article has been…
OC Board of Education candidate Elizondo slams adult education
I just got off the phone with a reporter from the OC Weekly. She called to tell me that one of my opponents, Eleazar Elizondo, a liberal Democrat who once…
2012 Elections
Anaheim
Art Pedroza
Democratic Party
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Julio Perez
Michele Martinez
Orange County
Politics
Republican Party
Santa Ana
Did Nguyen and Baugh pull Hammond out of the race for the 69th A.D.?
An OC GOP insider gave me the scoop tonight on what really led to Republican Robert Hammond quitting the primary race for the 69th Assembly District - at the very last minute,…
Pedroza to run for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education
I decided today to pull papers for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education. The only candidate who has thus far qualified for the ballot is Ken Nguyen, who is…