ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE WATCH B y C hip A hlswede
Elections Have Consequences The Problem
9% — That was the voter turnout on Friday going into Orange County’s allmail-in Primary Election. This put us on par to have the lowest turnout ever for any election. A week following election day and that number crept up to 28%. Less than 1-in-3 voters played a role in determining the outcome of our elections.
The Impact • One assembly race within Orange County went uncontested. • One assembly race will feature two Republicans facing off in the general election. • One county supervisorial race will feature two progressive Democrats facing off in the general election • One county supervisorial race will feature two Democrats facing off in the general election, with the incumbent coming in second. • Orange County’s two largest cities will have vacancies in their Mayors’ offices this November. • The next two largest Orange County cities have corruption inquiries happening. • Four cities are believed to considering potential rent control related initiatives. • One city is proposing an initiative to tax each rental unit $1,400 per year.
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Turnout by voting precinct in Orange County showing the areas where voters were more likely to turn out to vote.
In the Primary Election, AAOC successfully supported: • Every candidate for judge that won outright • The top vote getter in every State Senate race • Every incumbent State Assembly candidate • Three of the candidates for County Supervisor
The Challenge
November will be a very different political landscape. • In the 2nd Supervisorial District
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race, with two progressive Democrats squaring off against each other, rental property owners will have to decide whether to vote for the mayor of Santa Ana, who voted last fall to impose rent control and just cause eviction in his city, or his opponent, a Garden Grove city councilmember, who may or may not share similar views on these key issues. • In the 4th Supervisorial District race, the two Democratic candidates will need to clarify exactly what their positions are on rent control and Watch — continued on page 10
