The Democratic Leaders of Southern California is hosting a fundraiser for Democratic candidate for OC Auditor-Controller Mike Dalati on May 1st, 2014 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Knowlwood Restaurant, located at 2107 East 17th St., in Santa Ana.
Tickets are being sold for $50. Call 714-561-5520 or click here to message on Facebook. Continue reading
Think about it. Tom Daly, a career Democratic politician who is representing the 69th Assembly District – the most Hispanic legislative seat in Orange County, and Janet Nguyen, the Republican County Supervisor who is running for the 34th State Senate District, are both in the same hot seat. Both have been challenged by popular Latino candidates. Daly is facing off in the June Primary against SAUSD Trustee Ceci Iglesias while Nguyen is being opposed by a college Trustee, Jose Solorio, who previously served in the 69th Assembly District.
I know for a fact that Solorio is thrilled that Nguyen is in the race as she is so corrupt that it is going to be easy for him to slam her in the mail. He won’t do that now as he will hold his fire for the November General Election. And as we wrote earlier this week, Solorio is very busy overseeing a massive Latino voter registration effort in Central Orange County.
Nguyen could not have been pleased to see Iglesias get into the race against Daly. Iglesias will bring out the Latino vote and they will surely vote for Solorio, not Nguyen, in the 34th State Senate District. I don’t see much crossover vote for Nguyen from Iglesias supporters. Not after what she did to CalOptima, the public agency that oversees health benefits for OC seniors. Continue reading
Say what you will about Jose Solorio, but he knows the score. As the Democratic Party’s sole candidate in the race to replace Lou Correa in the 34th State Senate District, Solorio is quite aware that he must pull out all the stops in order to beat the leading Republican candidate, and Queen of corruption, Janet Nguyen, in what is a very purple district. Continue reading
From the OC Political Blog
The heat’s still on. First District County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, the Orange County GOP’s Local Elected Official of the Year, has been fingered AGAIN by the union-funded Voice of OC for conspiring with two CalOptima Board members to ignore a Federal audit critical of their leadership: CalOptima Leaders Shelved Critical Audit. Tracy Wood reports:
The move killed a chance to fix at least some potential problems as much as a year before federal auditors discovered one of CalOptima’s programs posed a “serious threat to the health and safety” of participants. According to meeting records and emails, Nguyen and CalOptima board Vice Chairman Lee Penrose, who is president and CEO of St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton, put off making a decision on which firm to hire. County Health Care Agency Director Mark Refowitz, who became board chairman during the process, didn’t act to ensure that the work was done.
Tom Daly and Francisco Barragan
When SAUSD School Board Member Cecilia Iglesias ran for Congress back in 2010, she gathered over 10,000 signatures so that she could qualify for the ballot as an independent candidate. While she did not prevail in the election she showed us all that she was a viable candidate in Santa Ana, in a race that featured the powerhouse that is Democratic U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez and a former State Assemblyman, Van Tran, who was at the time still a dominant player in central Orange County.
Iglesias confirmed this when she ran for the SAUSD School Board in 2012, this time as Republican. While at the time I was unsure that she would do well in our city as a member of the GOP, she proved me wrong by becoming the top vote-getter in that election – she garnered more votes than two incumbents, Rob Richardson and Jose Alfredo Hernandez. That surely was a wake-up call for them as well.
Now Iglesias is challenging a Democrat, Tom Daly, who was elected to the 69th Assembly District in 2012 when three Latino Democrats split the Hispanic vote in that year’s Open Primary. Those candidates included Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez; labor organizer Julio Perez and an accountant named Francisco Barragan. While Martinez is still in power and Perez recently got appointed to a top labor post, Barragan has resorted to stalking candidates he doesn’t like, on their Facebook pages. Continue reading
Long Pham, a Republican candidate for the 34th State Senate district is hosting a campaign office Grand Opening and Precinct Walk on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at 10:00 am at 9191 Bolsa Avenue, Ste. 209, in Westminster.
Coffee and refreshments will be served. For more information about Long Pham’s campaign for the 34th State Senate District please click here or call 949.500.9887 or 714.727.5805.
Winning election to Orange County School Board in 2008 was not Long Pham’s first major electoral victory. The nationally renowned nuclear engineer and self-made Republican businessman was elected in 2000 by over 125,000 engineers nationally to serve as Vice President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Continue reading
Loretta Sanchez and the Deporter in Chief
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 46th Congressional District
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Barb Solish, 202-226-8373, Barb.Solish@mail.house.gov
CONGRESSWOMAN LORETTA SANCHEZ DEMANDS A VOTE ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-46) today signed a discharge petition demanding that comprehensive immigration reform be brought to a vote. The petition would force a vote on H.R. 15, the bipartisan Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, legislation that would help secure our border, protect our workers, unite our families, provide an earned pathway to citizenship and create jobs. Continue reading
Carlos Vasquez
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Anaheim) is launching her re-election campaign for the 46th Congressional District this Saturday. And this time there are four men trying to take her out.
Chances are none of them will prevail but one of them will at least advance to the November General Election as the June Election is a Top Two Open Primary.
So who will be the top guy? Let’s have a look at the candidates:
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CONGRESSWOMAN LORETTA SANCHEZ TO LAUNCH 2014 RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Anaheim, Calif. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez will launch her official 2014 congressional re-election campaign with a patriotic barbecue TOMORROW from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PST at her campaign headquarters, 605 N. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, CA, 92805.
“Serving the people of California’s 46th district is a true honor and a privilege. I am grateful every day that the residents of Orange County have elected me to work for them for the past 17 years. Continue reading
Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee Cecilia Iglesias Enters 69th District Assembly Race
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 19, 2014
ORANGE COUNTY, CA – School Board Trustee Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias kicked off her campaign on Wednesday at the Mexicanisimo Restaurant in Santa Ana. With a large coalition of supporters, Iglesias enters the race as the leading Republican for the seat.
“My campaign is about putting our community first and not letting the Sacramento political establishment dictate what is best for the residents of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Orange,” Iglesias said. “My goal is to reach out to all residents of the 69th District to tell them that I will work to represent our entire community, regardless of political affiliation.” Continue reading
Correa is backing Solorio, not Nguyen, to replace him in the State Senate
For Immediate Release: March 10, 2014
For More Information Contact: Maricela Taylor – mobile: (714) 794-8431
SENATOR CORREA BACKS SOLORIO TO REPLACE HIM IN THE 34th SENATE DISTRICT
Santa Ana, CA – State Senator Lou Correa has formally endorsed Jose Solorio as the candidate to replace him in the 34th Senate District. Correa’s endorsement comes as the race for the seat is becoming among the most watched and hotly-contested in California. Continue reading
The folks who are promoting a medical marijuana dispensary initiative in Santa Ana have turned their signatures into the Santa Ana City Clerk, according to the OC Weekly.
Interestingly the medical marijuana proponents are selling their measure as being more conservative than the statewide marijuana measure that voters will be considering in November.
Here are a few excerpts from the OC Weekly: Continue reading
SAUSD Trustee Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias will kick off her campaign for the 69th Assembly District on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm, at Santa Ana’s Mexicanismo Restaurant, located at 2323 W. First St. Appetizers will be provided.
The 69th Assembly District includes portions of the cities of: Santa Ana, Anaheim, Orange and Garden Grove. The 69th is Orange County’s most Hispanic legislative district but it is currently represented by career politician Tom Daly. Continue reading
We will know by Monday who it is that signed Sherry Walker’s nomination papers to put her on the ballot for the 69th Assembly District. A friend of mine is going to retrieve the nomination signatures from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
Walker, an unknown Republican, came out of nowhere to challenge for the seat that is currently held by Tom Daly, a career politician, and Democrat, who has previously serves as the Mayor of Anaheim and the O.C. Clerk-Recorder. Wherever he has gone he as reveled in political favors, nepotism and the wanton waste of taxpayer money. Continue reading
Assemblyman Tom Daly won’t be getting a free pass in the June primary election after all! Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias will be challenging him as will a lady I never heard of named Sherry Walker.
Iglesias was the top vote-getter when she ran for the SAUSD School Board in 2012. She previously gathered 10,000 nominating signatures when she ran for Congress as an independent in 2010. She is now a Republican. Continue reading