Republican Club

by Brian Harmon

LW contributor

Although the final results will not be certified until July, LW Republican Club President David Harlow has collected the most recent information available on all of the offices listed on the ballot.A runoff election will be held in November for each Federal and State office.

Federal

•United States Senator Full Term: Mark P. Meuser (R); Alex Padilla (D)

•United States Senator Partial Term: Mark P. Meuser (R); Alex Padilla (D)

•U.S. Representative 47th District: Scott Baugh (R); Katie Porter (D) State

• Governor: Brian Dahle (R); Gavin Newsom (D)

•Lt. Governor: Angela E. Underwood Jacobs (R); Eleni Kounalakis (D)

• Secretary of State: Rob Bernosky (R); Shirley N. Weber (D)

•Controller: Lanhee Chen (R); Malia Cohen (D)

•Treasurer: Fiona Ma (D); Andrew Do (R)

•Attorney General: Nathan Hochman (R); Rob Bonta (D)

•Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (D); Robert Howell (R)

•State Senator 36 DistrictL Janet Nguyen (R); Kim Carr (D)

•State Assemblyman 72nd District: Diane Dixon (R); Judie Mancuso (D) In the following races, candidates getting over 50% of the vote are the winners; they do not need to have a runoff election:

Orange County

•Superintendent of Schools: Al Mijares

•County Board of Education District 2: Mari Barke

•Accessor: Claude Parrish

•Auditor Controller: Andrew N. Hamilton

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•District Attorney of Public Administration: Todd Spitzer

•Sheriff/Corner:DonBarnes

•Treasure Tax Collector: Shari L. Freidenrich OC Judicial Office - Superior Court

•Seat No. 5: Claudia Alvarez

•Seat No. 9: Christopher Duff

•Seat No. 11: Shawn Nelson

•Seat No. 21: Erin Beltran Rowe

•Seat No. 22: Brahim Baytieh

•Seat No. 28: Eric Scarbrough

•Seat No. 33: Steve McGreevy

•Seat No. 45: Israel Claustro

•Seat No. 30: Runoff between Michelle Bell and Peggy Huang

••• Eight of the Republican Club’s endorsed judicial candidates were victorious. Republicans see this, along with the 62% win that District Attorney Todd Spitzer received, as a triumph for public safety and the rule of law.

OC School Board President Mari Barke’s 58% win is viewed by Republican voters as a gain for school choice. The Republican Club booth will not be set up for the next few months. The club will continue to meet on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 2. The club will soon elect new officers and discuss a future reorganization of the duties of each officer.