- Description
- Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that. Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too. He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.) His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
![. . . We’re putting the headline news — the new results themselves — out here on the fly; we’ll add to it and dress it up later. CA-49 — […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/josh-newman-coasters-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Thurs. Nov. 17’s Results: Newman’s Gonna Win! Moreno Down Only 61!")
![. . . Jordan Brandman, Ling-Ling Chang, and others are hearing the wisdom of baseball great Satchel Paige today: “Don’t look back, someone might be gaining on you.” After a […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Satchel-Paige-Dont-Look-Back-e1479346515805-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Wed. Nov. 16’s Results: The Wisdom of Satchel Paige Comes to Anaheim")
![. . . Before anything else, I’m kicking myself (softly, but still) because I forgot to update the “What’s Left to Count?” report that went up Monday at 5 p.m. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mule-in-Boat-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Tues. Nov. 15’s Results: Provisionals & LA County Returns Take Their Time")
![. . . [1] The Fine Line Between Disgusting and Illegal This post follows earlier posts and comments that address various political practices that the pro-Disney forces in Anaheim use to win […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Provisional-Ballots-115x115.jpg "Every Ballot is a Person. Every Person Has a Story. Every Story Must Be Told. Provisional Ballots Will Be Heard Today.")
![. . . [Bumping this up to where we can still see it — and think about it] (1) The Form of Reform … and the Content of Discontent I’ve […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Disney-SOAR-Candidates-Are-So-WHITE-115x115.png "Disney FAILED Its TEST! A Million-Dollar 90% White Slate to Block Latinos from City Council is TERRIBLE BRANDING")
![. . . More commentary and calculations on these “unsettled races” will be forthcoming after about 7 p.m. Here are some highlights Chang extends OC lead over Newman by 220 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Alfonzo-Alvarez-e1479173714696-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Wed. Nov. 14’s Results (Quick, Dirty, and Up in Less Than 17 Minutes!): LOOK AT DR. ALVAREZ JUMP!")
![. . . Here’s a tidbit for Republican job-seekers — and maybe some Democrats too — in and around beautiful bountiful Brea. From today’s The Nooner: The Office of Assemblymember Elect […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Phillip-Chen-and-his-children-115x115.jpg "… and DON’T Tell Them That You Read About It in the Orange Juice Blog!")
![. . . This post covers ONLY THOSE RACES THAT WE COULD NOT CALL ON ELECTION NIGHT. For races that we believe were settled on election night, refer to this earlier […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Watched-Pot-Never-Boils-meme-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Fri. Nov. 11’s Results: Settle In, It’ll Be a Long Time Until the Next Report")
![. . . I’ve put the prediction below on Facebook, and it seems to be raising interesting discussion, so I might as well post it here too. I don’t think […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Hillary-angry-e1478976947449-115x115.jpg "Prediction: In His Inaugural Address, President Trump Will Give Hillary Clinton a Blanket Pardon for Unspecified Crimes")
![. . . This post covers ONLY THOSE RACES THAT WE COULD NOT CALL ON ELECTION NIGHT. For races that we believe were settled on election night, refer to this earlier […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Applegate-Colonel-on-trail-corrected-levels-115x115.jpg "2016’s Unsettled Races, Thurs. Nov. 10’s Results: On Veteran’s Day, We Ask ‘Can OC Save Col. Doug Applegate?’")
![. . . The photo is of Arturo Ferreras (Ana Dist 4), Dr. Jose Moreno (Ana Dist 3), Josh Newman (State Senate 29), and Ed Lopez (NOCCCD) hanging at Kamala […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Arturo-Jose-Josh-Ed-@-Kamala-Rally-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: How Did OJB Endorsees Do? Pull Up a Chair, This Will Take a While")
![. . . I decided to do some more detailed analysis of the SD-29 race between Josh Newman and Ling-Ling Chang. I came away with the solid impression that Newman will beat […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/newman-blimp-115x115.png "The Numbers Don’t Lie: It’s Still Early, But It Looks Like Newman Will Beat Chang")
![. . . I just finished a big work assignment and now I’m trying to make sense of the geographic distribution of votes when it comes to Measure 67 (or as […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Prop-67-Bag-Ban-Vote-CA-v-OC-115x115.png "Prop 67 Statewide Vote: SO HARD to Figure out How the Population Split on This One!")
![. . . This post covers ONLY THOSE RACES THAT WE COULD NOT CALL ON ELECTION NIGHT. For races that we believe were settled on election night, refer to this earlier […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Orange-Homegrown2-115x115.jpg "A First Look at 2016’s Unsettled Races, Through Wednesday Nov. 9’s Results")
It does raise the question of why fight it in the first place. Dems are so dumb. They might as…