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- 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.)
![. . . Do – Martinez – Bui This post has been delayed because I couldn’t figure out how to end it. I still can’t quite figure it out, but […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/do-martinez-bui-115x115.png "On Michele Martinez’ Supervisorial Run and the Delicate Problem of Fraud in Little Saigon")
![. . . Later this month, Garden Grove will vote on which plan it will choose for an ordinances creating its first-ever voting districts. If this article ends up being useful towards that […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Garden-Grove-district-graphic-115x115.jpg "Garden Grove Districting — OK, Fine, I Drew Up a Map! Happy Now? (It’s Pretty Good)")
![. . . First: if you haven’t read this article from Voice of OC’s Amazing Adam, read it. And if you appreciate professional investigative and civic journalism in Orange County, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_6577-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Ed Royce Woos Women; Mentally Disabled Adults Hold Art Show")
![. . . I haven’t yet written much — at least not nearly as much as I plan to — about the SD-29 State Senate race between Ling-Ling Chang, Sukhee Kang, […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Sukhee-steps-in-front-of-Newman-115x115.jpg "SD-29: Did Sukhee Kang’s Phantom Poll Even ASK About His Rival Josh Newman?")
![. . . OJB is so, so kidding with this headline. What is life without fun? Kudos to Lou Correa for his quick thinking and action — in honor of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Correaflagration-e1458851576765-115x115.jpg "Reversing Direction After Heading South, Correa Totally Hoses Renters’ Property!")
![. . . So here’s what happened. As the linked Register story states, On March 8 AD-68 candidate Harry Sidhu turned in a ballot statement stating the false claim that he had […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Choi-and-Sidhu-Pringle-115x115.jpg "Only Choi, Gilliard’s Partner, and OC Register Can Rival Sidhu’s Stupidity in Ballot Statement Farce")
![. . . Did Hillary repel Bernie’s challenge for good last night? Maybe — but probably not. A 320-odd pledged delegate margin, you say? “It’s over,” you say? Nah. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Hillary-George-W-Bush-hug-e1458155346982-115x115.jpg "Has Hillary Finally Beaten Bernie for Good? Nah — Look at the Primary Calendar")
![. . . [UPDATES WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STORY.] The state of the signups as of a week ago today was reported here, while the daily updates […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ROV-Lobby-2016-115x115.jpg "Where Do We Stand Now That Most All of the Primary Signups are Done?")
![. . . We may have new posts up before and after Friday, and maybe before and after Wednesday the 16th, but the default will be just to note new candidates […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Greg-with-check-at-Registrar-of-Voters-300-px-115x115.jpg "A Day at the Races: Daily Updates to Candidate Filings")
![. . . This is the first installment of this year’s “A Day at the Races” feature on who is running for what in OC elections, based on the nightly reports […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/President-Edie-115x115.jpg "A Day at the Races, March 6: OC Candidates from Atkinson-Bukewihge to Zelnic")
![. . . Hi — I’m back posting again. Had a busy month behind me, but more on that another time. This will be short for now, but Vern and […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pre_existing_health_condition-115x115.png "Weekend Open Thread: In Which a Pre-Existing Condition is Cured")
![. . . California Attorney General Kamala Harris last night received the state Democratic Party endorsement for the state’s first open U.S. Senate seat since 1992 with an overwhelming 78.12% […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kamala-loretta-convention-115x115.png "Kamala v. Loretta: OC Dems are 58.8% Out of Step with the Rest of California.")
![. . . These are some of my opponents today as I my wife and I head to Nevada. I’m there to be a legal observer; she’s there to check […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nevadas-Political-Whores-e1455941967195-115x115.jpg "Off to Nevada to Oppose Some Political Whores. No, Literally.")
![. . . This time, it IS time, Anaheim! The Recommended Plan — also known as the People’s Map and the Reyes 2 Map — has a new name tonight: It’s […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Anaheim-6-stripe-map-for-campaign-115x115.jpg "PEOPLE’S MAP WINS! Some Pictorial Memories (Plus a Few Words from Neil DeGrasse Tyson)")
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