“Anaheim’s Latino population has more than tripled since 1980 and now stands at 186,000, making Orange County’s second-largest city the latest to become majority Latino — at 54.5% — according to new census estimates,” according to the L.A. Times.
No wonder Supervisor Chris Norby’s district is majority Latino – it includes a lot of Anaheim. This could be a boon to La Habra Councilwoman Rose Espinoza if indeed she stays in the race for Norby’s seat.
This is bad news for Republican Assemblyman Van Tran and Republican County Supervisor Janet Nguyen. If they are to prevail against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and State Senator Lou Correa, respectively, they need to carry Anaheim. Good luck with that!
The heart of Orange County is now Latino majority, when you add Anaheim to Santa Ana. The County is already majority minority. How long before Latinos are a majority in the entire County of Orange? And how long then before this is a majority Democratic County?
If the OC GOP wasn’t in trouble before, it sure is now. Tran and Nguyen will be their last gasp.
They need more moderate and latino candidates. Ditching Harry was a stupid move in 2008.
gee i wonder what ever happened to best candidate for the job . PEOPLE SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE .
Mr. Norby was my history and government teacher at Brea-Olinda in the early 90s. It was he who taught me the Latino contribution to Orange County & California history and politics. Yet, here in Santa Ana, most students don’t know who Gonzalo Mendez is (something I learned in Norby’s class) other than that a school is named after him.
I think Chris Norby stands a good chance. Just because he isn’t Hispanic doesn’t mean he isn’t willing to work with them or that he doesn’t know his constituents’ histories.