ORANGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY ISSUES FIRST ROUND OF ENDORSEMENTS FOR GENERAL ELECTION

 

Last Night the members of the Orange County Republican Party Central Committee gathered at the Hotel Irvine where members voted to endorse the following candidates and ballot measures:

1. Jim Righeimer – Costa Mesa City Council
2. Lee Ramos – Costa Mesa City Council
3. Measure O – Costa Mesa City Charter (Yes)
4. Peggy Huang - Yorba Linda City Council
5. Mark McCurdy – Fountain Valley City Council
6. Tyler Diep – Westminster City Council
7. Jeff Lalloway – Irvine City Council
8. Steven Choi – Irvine Mayor City Council
9. Lynn Schott – Irvine City Council
10. Tom Lindsey – Yorba Linda City Council
11. Tom Tait – Anaheim Mayor City Council
12. Dave Harrington - Aliso Viejo City Council
13. Derek Reeve – San Juan Capistrano City Council
14. Pam Patterson – San Juan Capistrano City Council
15. Robert Ming – OC Supervisor 5th District
16. Craig Alexander – CUSD, Trustee Area 4
17. Fred Whitaker – Orange City Council
18. Ray Grangoff – Orange City Council
19. Steve Sheldon - OC Water Board, District 5
20. William Hinz – Lowell Joint School District
21. Phil Yarbrough – Rancho Santiago Community College, Trustee Area 6
22. Measure E - County Contracting with FPPC (Yes)
23. Measure G - Supervisorial Vacancy (Yes)
24. Measure AA - Santa Ana Utility Tax (No)
25. Measure JJ - Yorba Linda Pension & Healthcare Elimination (Yes)
26. Measure W – Irvine Term Limits (Yes)
27. Measure V – Irvine – Great Park Transparency (Yes)
28. Measure GG - Stanton Sales Tax (No)
29. Julie Collier - CUSD - Trustee Area 7
30. Ellen Addonizio - CUSD - Trustee Area 6
31. Brett Barbre - Municipal Water District of OC - Division 1
32. Diane Dixon – Newport Beach City Council
33. Yorba Linda Recall (No)
34. Measure Y - Newport Beach General Plan Update (Yes)
35. Dave Ellis - Municipal Water District of OC - Division 5
36. Scott Voigts - Lake Forest City Council
37. Lyn Semeta – Huntington Beach City Council
38. Mike Posey – Huntington Beach City Council
39. Erik Peterson – Huntington Beach City Council

"Our philosophy as a County Party is that there is no such thing as a non-partisan office," said Orange County GOP Chairman Scott Baugh. "We believe that Republican principles can and should be applied at every level of government, including on our local city councils and school boards here in Orange County."

While these are the OCGOP's first endorsements, there will be many more under consideration at our September 15h Central Committee meeting. In order to be endorsed it takes a 2/3rds vote of the committee.

Before taking up last night's endorsements, the committee heard speeches from two statewide Republican nominees - Ron Nehring, candidate for Lt. Governor, and Pete Peterson, candidate for Secretary of State.