Dem. Rat Newman from Fullerton looks like he will be recalled for being the deciding vote to increase the gas tax. Leading vote getter to replace him is a Repub. Ling Ling Chang Pick Up for State Senate! Young Kim, Repub. looking strong in North Orange county, Distric 39, good chance to hang onto Ed Royces (retiring) seat come Nov.
Young Kim? Is he Korean? That is great. I live in a heavily Korean district in L.A...even ran into one of the (unimpressive) Democrat state assembly candidates for my district outside coffee shop today. We need more Korean-American Republicans stepping up. Especially on local races.
[Dem. Rat Newman from Fullerton looks like he will be recalled for being the deciding vote to increase the gas tax. Leading vote getter to replace him is a Repub. Ling Ling Chang Pick Up for State Senate!]
Chang was apparently the incumbent in 2016 who got swept away (but by less than 1%) in the anti-Trump, pro-Hillary wave in CA. So while not technically a rematch, this has the flavor of one and is probably a key contributor to the success of the the effort to recall Newman. This was the OC electorate’s chance to reverse its mistake in 2016.
Shall JOSH NEWMAN be recalled (removed) from the Office of State Senate District 29?
Yes 27,341 62.4%
No 16,481 37.6%
Also: CLARE MALONE1:02 AM
A little more news out of California, though not from one of the big races: Judge Aaron Persky, who gave a lenient sentence of six months in jail to a Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious woman, has been recalled from office.