Election Results: All Three Corners Incumbents Reelected

From the Secretary of State (100% of precincts reporting):

42nd Congressional District
Gary Miller (R) 61.8%
Mark Lambert (L) 5.9%
Michael Williamson (D) 32.3

32nd State Senate
Gloria Negrete McLeod (D) 68%
Earl De Vries (R) 32%

60th Assembly
Curt Hagman (R) 64.8%
Gregg Fritchle (D) 35.2%

61st Assembly
Norma Torres (D) 60.8%
Ray Moors (R) 39.2%

72nd Assembly
Chris Norby (R) 62.3%
Jane Rands (G) 6.0%
Esiquio Ramos Uballe (D) 31.7%

OC Register Q and A with 72nd Assembly Candidates

The OC Register did a Q and A with Assemblyman Chris Norby (Rep) and his two challengers, Jane Rands (Green) and Esiquio Ramos Uballe (Dem).

That article can be found here.

Update: 72nd Assembly Filing Update

Assemblyman Chris Norby will not be facing a primary challenge as James Gerbus, who started the filing process, did not finish it as the 5pm deadline passed.

Norby will be facing Green Party candidate Jane Rands who officially qualified for the ballot today.

Norby may be facing a Democratic challenger, but we will have to wait until Monday to find out. Democrat Esiquio Ramos Uballe returned the paper work today but has not officially qualified for the ballot yet. This probably means that the signatures on the nomination form still have to be verified.

Update (March 17): Democrat Esiquio Ramos Uballe has qualified for the ballot.

Top Political Facebook Pages from Three Corners Area

Below are the top Facebook State and Federal political pages for the Three Corners area, as of tonight.

1. Bob Huff, currently 1,431 friends
2. Curt Hagman, currently 782 friends
3. Liberatore for Congress 42nd District CA, 320 fans
4. Chris Norby, 239 friends
5. Gary Miller, 160 fans (Note: Doesn't appear to be controlled by Miller)
6. Earl De Vries, 144 friends
7. The Next Generation for Phil Liberatore, 139 members
8. Norma Torres for California State Assembly, 98 members (Note: Doesn't appear to be controlled by Torres)
9. Jane Rands Green for State Assembly, 93 members
10. Recall Bob Huff, 25 members
11. Lee McGroarty for Congress, 17 fans

I searched for all active candidates but if I missed one please let me know and I will add it.

Tuesday, January 26 morning filing Update

Sorry for the delay. List of those that have begun the filing process as of 9:00 pm Monday night.

Jane Rands, pulled signatures in-lieu for the 72nd Assembly seat currently held by Chris Norby.

Congress
42nd (Gary Miller)
Gary Miller-Rep
Lee McGroarty-Rep
David Su-Rep
Philip Liberatore-Rep
Louie Contreras-Dem
Michael Williamson-Dem
Mark Lambert-Lib

State Senate
32nd (Gloria Negrete-McLeod)
Gloria Negrete-McLeod-Dem
Michael Bryant-Rep

State Assembly
60th (Curt Hagman)
None

61th (Norma Torres)
None

72nd (Chris Norby)
Brian Lee Cross-Lib
James Gerbus-Rep
Jane Rands-Green

We will post an update when new candidates have pulled signatures in-lieu papers.

Norby Wins 72nd

As expected, OC Supervisor Chris Norby won the 72nd Assembly seat last night. With all precincts reporting Norby was leading John MacMurray 62.9 % to 31 %. Green Party candidate Jane Rands received 6.1%.

Norby will be up for election again this June. As of today, Norby may be facing James Gerbus for the Republican nomination. Gerbus pulled Signatures In-Lieu papers last Friday. He also pulled nomination papers for the 72nd Special Election but never returned them.

Norby Places First in Special Election

Supervisor Chris Norby finished first in the Special Election for the 72nd Assembly District. He will face second Democrat John MacMurray and the Green Party's Jane Rands, in a January 12 runoff.

As of this morning the results were as follows.

• Chris Norby (Rep) 14,038 37.2%
• John MacMurray (Dem) 10,201 27.1%
• Linda Ackerman (Rep) 7,416 19.7%
• Richard Faher (Rep) 4,986 13.2%
• Jane Rands (Grn) 1,067 2.8%

Linda Ackerman released the following statement.

Linda Ackerman has issued the following statement on the outcome of the 72nd Assembly District Election:

"I am so grateful to the voters of the 72nd Assembly District for the opportunity to campaign for this Assembly seat. Although we were not successful tonight, I want to congratulate Supervisor Norby on his hard-fought and successful campaign. Throughout this process we had the honor of speaking with thousands of Californians who feel pessimistic about the direction their state is headed. I look forward to continuing my work as an ordinary citizen and activist in the Republican Party to elect conservative leaders who will move our state, our country and our party forward."

72nd Deadline Passes

As of 6pm the Orange County Registrar's Office shows that five candidates have filed to seek the former seat of Mike Duvall. The new additions since Friday are Democrat John MacMurray and Republican Richard Faher.

They join Republicans Chris Norby, Linda Ackerman and Green Party candidate Jane Rands.

Nine candidates pulled papers to run but only these five filed.

The Orange County Register has more.

72nd Special Election Filing Update

The filing deadline for the 72nd Assembly district is Monday, October 5. As of close of business Friday, nine candidates had pulled papers and three had qualified for the ballot.

Qualified thus far are Republicans Chris Norby, Linda Ackerman and Green Party candidate Jane Rands.

The primary election date is November 17. A general election will not be held if a candidate receives 50% or more of the vote.