An astounding and record-breaking 85.1 percent of registered voters in Orange County turned up at the polls or mailed in a vote as they collectively decided the fate of many office seekers and other public policy initiatives.
According to Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley, approximately 1.5 million of the eligible 1.7 voters in Orange county voters turned out to vote. Exact percentages for local races were not immediately available.
At press time, the Registrar’s Office said there were still about 30,000 mail-in votes to be counted. Kelley’s office said of the approximately 1.8 million pandemic voters, 1,247,827 were mail-in ballots while only 260,302 voters walked in to vote at vote centers throughout the county.
Most of the candidates contacted by Event-News Enterprise preferred to wait until votes were counted so we will include reaction to the races next week. (i) denotes incumbency
Here are the unofficial local returns as of Tuesday, Nov. 10.
U.S. President
Joseph R. Biden, Kamala Harris 795,376 (53.59%)
Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence 658,520 (44.37%)
U.S. Congress, 48th District:
Michelle Steel 197,256 (50.95%)
Harley Rouda (i) 189,910 (49.05%
State Assembly, 65th District
Sharon Quirk-Silva (i) 109,412 (58.28%)
Cynthia Thacker 78,317 (41.72%)
State Assembly, 73rd District
Janet Nguyen, 119,195 (54.01%)
Diedre Nguyen 101,484 (45.99%)
LAUSD, Trustee Area 2
Chris Forehan 2,554 (43.65%)
Paurvi Trivedi 2,243 (38.34%)
Jody L. Roubanis 1,054 (18
LAUSD, Trustee Area 5
“Meg” Cutuli 3,646 (62.32%)
Matt Filler 2,204 (37.68%)
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Cypress City Council (2 elected)
Anne Hertz 8,003 (20.35%)
Frances Marquez 7,234 (18.39%)
Carrie Katsumata Hayashieda 5,943 (15.11%)
Blaze Bhence 3,936 (10.01%)
Steve Mauss 3,911 (9.95%)
Rachel Strong 3,730 (9.48%)
Jimmy Fuller 2,858 (7.27%)
Cole Thompson 2,625 (6.67%)
David Gersten 1,086 (2.78%)
La Palma City Council (3 elected)
Marshall Goodman 4,604 (26.86%)
Debbie Baker 3,530 (20.59%)
Mark Waldman 3,160 (18.44%)
April Kamalah Bautista 2,503 (14.60%)
Taylor H.W. Quan 1,785 (10.41%)
Emanuel Aparicio 1,559 (9.10%)
Los Al City Council
(District 1)
Tanya Doby(i) 500 (50.76%)
Dean Grose (i) 485 (49.24%)
(District 2)
Ron Bates 734 (67.53%)
Kate Hallman 353 (32.47%)
Jordan B. Nefulda 792 (100%)
Rossmoor Community Services District
(3 elected)
Jeffrey Barke (i) 3,203 (24.64%)
Tony DeMarco (i) 3,082 (23.70%)
Nathan Searles 2,901 (22.32%)
Michael Maynard (i) 2,627 (20.21%)
Joyce Bloom 1,187 (9.13%)
Los Alamitos Measure Y
Yes 2,958 (50.68%)
No 2,879 (49.32%)
Cypress Measure P
Yes 15,791 (69.23%)
No 7,020 (30.77%)
