Orange County (CA) Democrats County Board seat in special election.
Orange County Democrats scored a significant win Tuesday, after Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley captured 44.42% of the vote to beat four other candidates to claim a seat on the O.C. Board of Supervisors.
The Orange County Registrar of Voters showed Foley winning the race with 42,280 votes over former state Sen. John Moorlach, who earned 30.91% of the vote with 29,425 ballots cast.
Newport Beach Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Muldoon came in third with 10,652 ballots cast, or 11% of the vote, while Fountain Valley Mayor Michael Vo had earned 8,576 votes and Corona del Mar international tax attorney and political newcomer Janet Rappaport secured 4,259 votes.
Totals posted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters just before 10 p.m. Tuesday did not include 7,802 ballots that remain to be added into the official count, but Foley had surpassed Moorlach by a greater number of votes.
Although county supervisor seats are nonpartisan, the political stakes of the race have been high as the board’s makeup before former District 2 Supervisor Michelle Steel’s Jan. 3 departure placed conservatives at a 4-1 advantage over Democrats, whose numbers on the county panel have been historically slim.
With Foley’s win, that majority narrows to 3-2.
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