- 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.)
![. . . 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")
![. . . NOTE: Writing this piece took a long, long time, because we were distracted from important local politics by some nagging national story that we couldn’t quite avoid. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/rotten-orange.jpg "UPDATED! Election Night Results for Every OC Race (All But 35) That We Could Call on Election Night — and WHAT’S LEFT!")
![. . . As with the first swallow in Capistrano, as with the first pumpkin of spring, everyone looks forward to the election returns finally shambling into view! The tentative plan at this […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Newman-Baby-Right-ON-115x115.png "LIVEBLOG! Election Results are Arriving Soon! YAAAYY!!! And You Can Monitor Them Right Here!")
![. . . Short Version! (which, believe it or not, this is!) This post mostly just lists the results of Orange Juice’s awesome deliberative process. Most of it comes from Greg […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vern-sign-115x115.jpg "Finally Final(ish)! OJ Blog’s Comprehensive 2016 General Election Endorsements!")
![. . . [ED. NOTE: Do you know how we know that readers want to hear more about Brett Murdock? Because THE TOP-RATED POST ON THIS BLOG for the past […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Murdock-Time-for-a-Change-115x115.png "Brett Murdock Interview: Taking On Ed Royce and Bringing Home a Fix to the 57 Freeway!")
![. . . The “Recent Posts” list is so top-heavy right now that I hesitate to add anything else to it. (And fellow OJB contributors, if you have something short […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Lawn-Signs-Murdock-and-Yes-on-K-115x115.jpg "Oh, Yeah, Two More Things: YES ON K and Steve Lodge Prefers It When Homeless People Crap in Bushes")
![. . . Before you vote in Anaheim’s District 3, you might want to do a little more research on Jordan Brandman. And why not do that research the same […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Brandman-wiki-face-Mickey-Mouse-Dora-in-Anaheim-115x115.png "Jordan Brandman Copied Wikipedia to ‘Earn’ $24,000 — Now Read His Wikipedia Entry Before You Vote!")
![ATLAS PAC, one of the most fervent and influential conservative blogs in Orange County, has had enough of “Subsidy Steve” Lodge and his penchant for violence and lying. The PAC […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/lodge-assault-115x115.png "DIS-LODGED! Hey, Republicans — Right-Wing ATLAS PAC Drops Lodge in Anaheim District 1, Picks Denise Barnes Instead!")
Please be quiet.