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Spitzer assures voters that the First District election results will be fair and impartial

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Elections, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana Leave a comment

TODD SPITZER, CHAIRMAN, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SUPERVISOR THIRD DISTRICT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2014
CONTACT: Melanie Eustice January 28, 2015 Phone: (714) 834-5492 Mobile: (714) 581-7784

OC Chairman Spitzer Committed to Fair and Impartial Special Election Results

(Orange County, CA) — Results for the First District special election on the Orange County Board of Supervisors remain too close to call. The election night count showed just two votes separating top vote-getters Andrew Do (16,202) and Lou Correa (16,200) in the five-candidate race. 41,767 ballots have been counted, and there are an estimated 6,105 ballots remaining.

“As Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, I want to assure the voters of Orange County that our county government is doing everything in its power to ensure fair and impartial elections. Our Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, is respected throughout California for his integrity, diligence, and commitment to accurate, honest elections,” said Todd Spitzer, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Continue reading→

Lou Correa losing in the First District Special Election by 2 votes

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Democratic Party, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana Leave a comment

The ballots have all been counted in the First District Special Election and it appears that former State Senator Lou Correa is losing by two votes to Andrew Do, who quit the Garden Grove City Council in 2011, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

Do was supported by former Supervisor Janet Nguyen and by the CA and OC GOP.

Correa had a lot of support from unions and from OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and OCDA Tony Rackauckas. Continue reading→

Correa takes a small lead as the First District election earlyresults are posted

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Chris Phan, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Lupe Moreno, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 1 Comment

The early results from today’s First District Special Election have been posted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters and former State Senator Lou Correa is in the lead by 149 votes. Former Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s henchman, Andrew Do, is in second place with 38.4% of the vote.

Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan is in a distant third place with only 5,824 votes. While he did a lot of walking he didn’t get in the mailboxes and that is crucial in low turnout special elections. Continue reading→

Will Andrew Do and Janet Nguyen succeed in fooling GOP voters on 1/27?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Chris Phan, Janet Nguyen, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Will First District candidate Andrew Do and his former boss Janet Nguyen succeed in fooling Republican voters in the Jan. 27 Special Election?

They already got busted when two Orange County employees were recently fired for politicking on Do’s behalf while working at the Westminster County office that Nguyen opened so she could pander to the Little Saigon community. Continue reading→

Pulido and the City Council to host a fundraiser for Correa tonight

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Democratic Party, Entertainment, Lou Correa, Miguel Pulido, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and Mayor Pro Tem Vincent Sarmiento as well as Santa Ana Council Members Michele Martinez, Sal Tinajero and Angie Amezcua are hosting a campaign fundraiser for Lou Correa, the only Democrat running for the First District of the Orange County Board of Supervisors in a Special Election.

The fundraiser is set for tonight, Jan. 22, 2015, at 6 pm, at Diego’s Downtown, which is located at 224 E. 3rd St., in Downtown Santa Ana. (Sarmiento owns this bar/restaurant). Continue reading→

Public safety unions line up behind Correa for the First District

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Public Safety, Santa Ana 2 Comments

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITES BEHIND CORREA FOR SUPERVISOR FOR JANUARY 27th SPECIAL ELECTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2015

CONTACT: Matt Reilly, (916) 201-9636

SANTA ANA, CA—Senator Lou Correa today announced endorsements from Orange County’s law enforcement leaders and public safety groups including Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackaukus, Orange County Cops (OC Cops), the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, the Fountain Valley Police Officers Association, Garden Grove Police Officers Association and Santa Ana Police Officers Association. OC Cops is the umbrella organization for 16 local law enforcement agencies.

“Senator Lou Correa’s law enforcement record is impeccable,” said Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. ”He strengthened laws aimed at stopping sexual predators, fought against criminals gaining early release, and delivered needed funds for deputies to patrol our communities here in Orange County.” Continue reading→

Unless Lou Correa starts attacking Andrew Do, he is going to lose big on 1/27

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Jose Solorio, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 6 Comments

Do is kissing up to those old, white voters…

I hate to say this but after seeing two of Lou Correa’s First District campaign mailers I am convinced that he is going to lose. He is running the same tepid campaign that helped Jose Solorio get his butt kicked in the November General Election, by Janet Nguyen, over in the race for the 34th State Senate District.

Why isn’t Correa attacking Andrew Do – Nguyen’s former Chief of Staff? While Correa is blowing hundreds of thousands sending “nice” mailers replete with pictures of him painting over graffiti, Do is busy working the Viet community – and Do’s mailers are clearly geared to the old, white Republican voters who still matter in the First District.

Correa’s campaign seems to be entirely focused on Latino voters – just like Solorio’s was. They didn’t vote last year in either the Primary or the General Election. Why would they vote in a Special Election in January? They are not going to! And no amount of pandering by Correa to the Viet voters is going to convince any of them not to vote for Do! They vote for their own, period! Continue reading→

Andrew Do blew off the First District Candidates Forum in Santa Ana

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Chris Phan, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Democratic Party, Lou Correa, Lupe Moreno, Mark I. Lopez, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Predictably Andrew Do blew off the First District candidates forum that was held in Santa Ana yesterday. Why would he want to put himself in a position to have to explain why he quit the Garden Grove City Council in 2011 or answer the questions about whether or not he actually lived in Garden Grove at that time?

The rest of the candidates showed up including Lou Correa, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Chris Phan, Lupe Moreno and a write-in candidate, Mark I. Lopez.

Here are a few highlights from the forum courtesy of the OC Political Blog: Continue reading→

First District candidates are looking for volunteers to help their campaigns

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Chris Phan, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Democratic Party, Garden Grove, Lou Correa, Lupe Moreno, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 1 Comment

There are several local candidates running for the First District of the Orange County Board of Supervisors – and several of them are looking for volunteers to help them as the special election is coming up very quickly, on Jan. 27, 2015.

If you would like to help former State Senator Lou Correa, a Democrat who lives in Santa Ana, contact Alex Flores at 714-474-8768 aflores18@gmail.com.
If you are interested in helping Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan, a Republican, contact George Brietigam at gbrietigam@gmail.com.
If you want to help Andrew Do, a Republican who quit the Garden Grove City Council a few years ago, click here.

Continue reading→

Has First District candidate Andrew Do hooked up with Brian Probolsky?

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Brian Probolsky, Janet Nguyen, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party Leave a comment

By the OC Politics Blog

I am hearing that Orange County administrator Brian Probolsky has taken a one month leave of absence from his job at the O.C. Community Resources (after being on loan for awhile to Pat Bates, who like Janet Nguyen has left the O.C. Board of Supervisors) to help the campaign of Andrew Do, the former Chief of Staff to Nguyen. I am told that Do will retain Probolsky as his Chief of Staff if the First District Special Election goes his way.

Probolsky, moved to a position that was created for him, as Business Practices Manager at OC Community Resources, after working as a Bates staffer, in February of 2013. His new job came with an 81 percent raise, from $31 an hour to $56 an hour, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Andrew Do sends out the first campaign mailer in the race for O.C.’s First District

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Chris Phan, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Andrew Do appears to be the first candidate running for Orange County’s First Supervisorial District to get a campaign mailer out. The mailer is nothing special but it serves to establish that Do is backed by a bunch of mostly white Republican elected officials – and his former boss, Janet Nguyen. Notably he does not appear to be backed by any Latinos.

I checked Do’s campaign website and there also he does not list any Latino supporters. And his campaign Facebook page only has six supporters – which is probably why he needed to get the campaign mailer out right away. Do has been out of office for awhile, having resigned from the Garden Grove City Council a few years ago. I am not sure the voters know who he is. Continue reading→

First District candidates forum set for January 6 in Santa Ana

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Entertainment, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana Leave a comment

PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 19, 2014

Contact: Connie Hamilton, Connect-to-Council, 714-745-1692, connect-to-council@earthlink.net

Connect-to-Council to present Candidates Forum for Orange County Supervisor, First District, on January 6, 2014

Santa Ana, CA, – Connect-to-Council, along with promotional support from the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce and Westminster Chamber of Commerce, is presenting a Candidates Forum for the voters of Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley and Westminster. This forum will feature candidates that are running for the First District of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. This will be a special election taking place on January 27.

This forum will take place on Tuesday, January 6, 2014, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board Room, located at 2323 N Broadway, in Santa Ana. Continue reading→

The candidates for the First District Special Election are set

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Chris Phan, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Lou Correa, Lupe Moreno, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 2 Comments

Hanging out with Democrats didn’t work out for Chris Phan

The field for the First District’s Special Election, to replace Janet Nguyen, who was elected to the 34th State Senate District in the November, 2014 General Election, is now set. The candidates include (appearing below in the order they will be placed on the ballot):

Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), California State Senator
Andrew Do (R-Garden Grove), Supervisor’s Chief/Businessowner
Lupe Morfin-Moreno (R-Santa Ana), Office Specialist
Chuyen Van Nguyen (NPP-Garden Grove), Television News Anchor
Chris Phan (R-Garden Grove), Councilmember/Deputy DA

Phan had a shot at earning the endorsement of the Republican Party of Orange County (OC GOP) tonight but he blew it when he stupidly sat down for an interview with liberal blogger Greg Diamond of the Orange Juice Blog. Phan made one statement in particular that cost him the endorsement: Continue reading→

Candidate filing now open for the Board of Supervisors’ First District vacancy election

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Orange County, Politics Leave a comment

Candidate Filing Now Open for Board of Supervisors First District Vacancy Election

Special election called to fill vacancy on the Board of Supervisors

SANTA ANA, CA – December 2, 2014 – A special election has been called to fill the vacancy in the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ 1st District. The election will be held on January 27, 2015. Candidate filing is now open and will be open until December 15, 2014.

Any qualified person can file the declaration of candidacy papers until December 15, 2014, 5:00 p.m., in the office of the Registrar of Voters, 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana , California . Business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Continue reading→

Poll – will you vote for Do or Correa in the First Supervisorial District?

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2015 Elections, Andrew Do, Democratic Party, Janet Nguyen, Lou Correa, Orange County, Politics, Republican Party, Santa Ana 4 Comments

Pictured: Andrew Do and Janet Nguyen

There might be a half dozen candidates interested in replacing Supervisor Janet Nguyen in the First Supervisorial District – but make no mistake about it, this race will come to two candidates – Andrew Do (Nguyen’s former Chief of Staff) and Lou Correa.

Do has already lined up the support of Supervisor Nguyen, along with Supervisor Pat Bates, Senator and Congresswoman-Elect Mimi Walters and Congressman Ed Royce. This means the OC GOP establishment is firmly lining up behind Do – not Garden Grove Councilman Chris Phan.

Correa already had about $600K in his campaign war chest – but now he also has the support of the Orange County Employees Association (the OCEA) and he has the backing of two high profile Republicans – OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and OCDA Tony Rackauckas. Continue reading→