FINAL CALIFORNIA ELECTION RESULTS : ORANGE COUNTY
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Key to Election Tables
-- An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent candidate; a double asterisk (**) denotes an appointed incumbent.
-- Elected candidates and approved measures are in bold type. Runoff elections may be required in non-partisan races where no candidate receives over 50% of the vote. Results are not official and could be affected by absentee ballots.
-- 0% indicates returns were unavailable at edition time or only absentee ballots have been counted.
-- District locations are identified by county. In Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties, they are identified by community.
-- Uncontested offices are not included in the tables.
Contributing to The Times’ Election Coverage:
-- Technical assistance: Deputy systems editor James D. Angius, systems architect Victor I. Pulver, systems analysts Steve Bergens and Alma Cook.
-- Compiled by: Times editorial researchers Nona Yates and Tracy Thomas.
-- Contributing: Henry Covarrubias, Edgar Duarte, Rossana Ellefson, Ann Griffith, Sheila Howard, Anthony Kelker, Ellen Kosuda, John Malnic, Roshawn Mathias, Cecilia Rasmussen, Carlos Santana, Tomas Torres, Rachel Vargas, Cynthia Viers.
-- O.C. results: Jim Carr, Jackson Sellers, Jim Marchant, Gary Ambrose.
Sources: Election returns provided by the Office of the Secretary of State, county Registrars of Voters and the Associated Press.
County Offices 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Assessor Bradley L. Jacobs *: 177,224 (63.0) David J. Holbert: 52,720 (18.8) Larry Lee Bales: 51,159 (18.2)
Auditor Steve E. Lewis *: 230,214 (100)
County Clerk-Recorder Gary L. Granville: 121,579 (42.8) Lee A. Branch: 73,710 (25.9) Ella M. Murphy: 64,869 (22.8) Christopher J. Leanders: 24,172 (8.5)
District Attorney Michael R. Capizzi *: 269,104 (100)
Public Administrator William A. Baker *: 142,924 (52.4) Michael K. Stark: 78,473 (28.8) Mitchell T. Tracy: 51,334 (18.8)
Sheriff-Coroner Brad Gates *: 255,611 (100)
Treasurer-Tax Collector Robert L. Citron *: 195,794 (61.1) John M.W. Moorlach: 124,737 (38.9)
Superintendent of Schools John F. Dean *: 151,690 (56.6) Darrell Opp: 116,097 (43.4)
Supervisor
District 2 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Jim Silva: 19,484 (29.4) Linda Moulton Patterson: 18,961 (28.6) Haydee V. Tillotson: 17,675 (26.7) John A. Thomas: 7,190 (10.8) Raymond Thomas Littrell: 3,008 (4.5)
District 4 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) William G. Steiner **: 31,198 (68.6) Phillip Knypstra: 14,258 (31.4)
District 5 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Marian Bergeson: 67,240 (100)
Judicial
Superior Court 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
Office No. 9 Gary P. Ryan: 183,624 (60.6) B. Tam Nomoto: 119,285 (39.4)
Municipal Court
Office No. 3 in Santa Ana 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Claude E. Whitney **: 23,470 (55.7) Dennis Patrick O’Connell: 18,669 (44.3)
Office No. 1 in Laguna Niguel 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Pamela L. Iles *: 41,444 (64.7) John C. Connolly: 22,569 (35.3)
Office No. 2 in Westminster 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Caryl Lee: 30,593 (38.3) Dan C. Dutcher *: 30,531 (38.2) Barry S. Brown: 18,723 (23.4)
Dana Point
City Council 3 Elected 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%) Toni Gallagher: 2,604 (13.6) Karen Lloreda *: 2,576 (13.4) Harold R. Kaufman: 2,555 (13.3) Ernest A. Nelson: 2,535 (13.2) Bill Shepherd: 2,416 (12.6) Robert D. Wilberg: 1,405 (7.3) Addison H. Deboi: 1,199 (6.3) Bob Moore: 1,093 (5.7) Witold Muller: 1,025 (5.4) David Pytleski: 764 (4.0) Ron C. Hascall: 667 (3.5) Lloyd Woerner: 314 (1.6)
Fullerton 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
City Council
Recall of Don Bankhead Yes: 9,549 (52.6) No: 8,620 (47.4)
Recall of A.B. (Buck) Catlin Yes: 9,502 (52.8) No: 8,482 (47.2)
Recall of Molly McClanahan Yes: 9,407 (52.0) No: 8,670 (48.0)
If recalled, fill vacancy by Appointment: 4,314 (24.7) Special Election: 13,177 (75.3)
City Clerk
Recall of Anne M. York Yes: 7,949 (45.7) No: 9,441 (54.3)
If recalled, fill vacancy by Appointment: 5,243 (29.8) Special Election: 12,324 (70.2)
Westminster 100% Precincts Reporting: Votes (%)
City Council
Recall of Mayor Charles V. Smith Yes: 4,340 (34.8) No: 8,137 (65.2)
Recall of Tony Lam Yes: 4,502 (36.3) No: 7,914 (63.7)
Recall of Charmayne S. Bohman Yes: 4,268 (34.5) No: 8,098 (65.5)
Recall of Craig Schweisinger Yes: 4,305 (34.8) No: 8,067 (65.2)
If recalled, fill vacancy by Appointment: 2,041 (17.3) Special Election: 9,761 (82.7)
BREAKDOWNS
Voter Turnout Percentage of registered voters who voted. Party: Registered Voters (% Voted) Republican: 602,291 (35.6) Democratic: 397,105 (30.9) Libertarian: 6,968 (20.3) Green: 3,101 (18.9) American Independent: 19,593 (12.0) Peace & Freedom: 3,626 (8.3) others, declined to state: 121,010 (16.8) Totals: 1,153,694 (31.4) Note: Does not include uncounted absentee ballots
Split-County Races
Congressional
DISTRICT 39 Votes: (%)
Republican --Ed Royce: 40,789 (100) Orange County: 28,925 (100) Los Angeles County: 11,864 (100)
Democratic --R.O. Davis: 25,717 (100) Orange County: 15,703 (100) Los Angeles County: 10,014 (100)
Libertarian --Jack Dean: 249 (100) Orange County: 193 (100) Los Angeles County: 56 (100)
DISTRICT 41 Votes: (%)
Republican --Jay C. Kim*: 13,304 (40.8) San Bernardino Co.: 7,346 (43.9) Los Angeles County: 3,195 (42.2) Orange County: 2,763 (33.3) --Valerie Romero: 6,729 (20.6) Los Angeles County: 1,683 (22.2) Orange County: 1,807 (21.7) San Bernardino Co.: 3,239 (19.4) --Bob Kerns: 6,239 (19.1) San Bernardino Co.: 3,357 (20.1) Orange County: 1,513 (18.2) Los Angeles County: 1,369 (18.1) --Todd R. Thakar: 5,013 (15.4) Orange County: 1,975 (23.7) Los Angeles County: 1,016 (13.4) San Bernardino Co.: 2,022 (12.1) --Ronald L. Curtis: 1,326 (4.1) San Bernardino Co.: 762 (4.6) Los Angeles County: 303 (4.0) Orange County: 261 (3.1)
Democratic --Ed Tessier: 11,394 (59.8) Orange County: 1,793 (64.0) San Bernardino Co.: 5,834 (61.2) Los Angeles County: 3,767 (56.0) --Richard Waldron: 7,657 (40.2) Los Angeles County: 2,956 (44.0) San Bernardino Co.: 3,693 (38.8) Orange County: 1,008 (36.0)
DISTRICT 48 Votes: (%)
Republican --Ron Packard*: 46,450 (80.6) Orange County: 20,998 (81.3) San Diego County: 22,897 (80.0) Riverside County: 2,555 (79.6) --Ed Mayerhofer: 11,182 (19.4) Riverside County: 656 (20.4) San Diego County: 5,710 (20.0) Orange County: 4,816 (18.7)
Democratic --Andrei Leschick: 20,523 (100) San Diego County: 11,462 (100) Orange County: 8,187 (100) Riverside County: 874 (100)
Peace & Freedom --Donna White: 52 (100) San Diego County: 34 (100) Orange County: 16 (100) Riverside County: 2 (100)
Assembly
DISTRICT 73 Votes: (%)
Republican --Bill Morrow: 31,673 (100) Orange County: 18,359 (100) San Diego County: 13,314 (100)
Democratic --Lee Walker: 15,747 (100) Orange County: 7,975 (100) San Diego County: 7,772 (100)
Libertarian --B. Wade Hostler: 227 (100) San Diego County: 121 (100) Orange County: 106 (100)
Peace & Freedom --Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl: 37 (100) San Diego County: 23 (100) Orange County: 14 (100)
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