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 Republican Differences

The OC Register showed some political differences between the three republicans running for the 72nd.

Abortion
"Faher was the only Republican candidate not to oppose abortion rights - he said he would not take a public position on the issue."

Medical Marijuana
Ackerman was the, "only one opposed to medicinal marijuana."

Illegal Immigration
"Norby was the sole GOP candidate to oppose employer sanctions for undocumented workers."


I found Faher's abortion comment interesting. He is running for public office but refuses to take a public position on an important issue.

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.