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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.)
![. . . [UPDATE, 11/14, 9 a.m. — Spoke to Neal Kelley this morning and he explained that the 3,000 new VBMs listed in the total (which may be joined […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Rusty-Truck-with-ballots-115x115.jpg "Not a Great Day in the Election Returns — Perhaps Because 3,000 New Damaged Vote-By-Mail Ballots Appeared")
![Total estimated number of ballots to count (after Election Day): 150,305 165,305 177,305 Total estimated number of ballots counted (after Election Day): 14,765 43,792 79,638 111,235 138,714 148,561 155,556 Total estimated number of ballots left to count: 135,540 106,513 70,667 54,070 38,591 28,744 21,749 Total estimated number of […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Bao-with-Books-115x115.jpg "BAO TAKES THE LEAD BY 7! MEASURE J HITS 55%! Few New Votes Arrive in Costa Mesa & Irvine.")
![. . . As Orange Juice Blog seems to have become Orange County’s newspaper of record on close races, given that no one else seems to be covering them quite […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Close-Races-Collage-115x115.jpg "Bao, Humphrey, Melissa Fox, Measure J All Close In By 1/3 of the Margin, But None Yet Leading — Looks Close!")
![. . . Some readers may not have realized, or may have forgotten, that I’m updating the current election update each day at this post located back on Nov. 5. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Provisional-Ballot-115x115.jpg "Costa Mesa/Garden Grove Update 11/10: Bao’s, Galloway’s and Measure J’s Gains are Good Omens for Humphrey")
![Part 3 of this review of election results will follow OJB’s Guide to Your Whole Freakin’ Ballot, starting down with “Community College Board” races. (Just search on the word “Labrado,” […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Carcass-eating-orange-dark-e1415611453779.jpg "Picking Over the Carcass of Election 2014, Part 3: School Boards, Special Districts, Local Ballot Measures")
![This post will follow OJB’s Guide to Your Whole Freakin’ Ballot, starting down with “County Executive” races. (Just search on the word “Parrish,” it will put you in the right […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Carcass-eating-orange-e1415567234510.jpg "Picking Over the Carcass of Election 2014, Part 2: Supervisor, City Council, and Local Executive Races")
![. . . Political observers like nothing more than picking over the bones of a recently completed election. OK, you want to know what I think? Bon appetit. Nationally This […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Carcass-eating-e1415531226176.jpg "Picking Over the Carcass of Election 2014, Part 1: Federal and State Legislatures and State Judges and Props")
![Here are the standings after today’s vote totals were released: CITY OF COSTA MESA Member, City Council Number To Vote For: 2 Completed Precincts: 70 of 70 Vote Count […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Humphrey-closing-in-on-Righeimer-115x115.jpg "Humphrey Closes in on Righeimer; Mesa Verde Deficit All But Erased; OJB *Provisionally* Calls It For Humphrey!")
![Those of us who are not on the right(-wing) political email lists may not be exposed to the celebrations of their big funders. Well, why not? Courtesy of the […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Charles-Atlas-with-fans-of-100-bills-115x115.jpg "Atlas PAC Would Like to Preen in Front of You About the Election Results. You Should Endure It.")
![Well I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty exhausted from the election season — which, of course, isn’t quite yet over for those of us interested in close races. […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Matt-Taibbi-green-115x115.jpg "Weekend Open Thread: Let’s Just Relax With a Nice Bottle of Matt Taibbi and Banking Industry Corruption")
![Jim Righeimer added 94 votes to his margin over Jay Humphrey today. Does that mean that it’s “Game Over, Man”? Nah, If that’s what you thought, you didn’t read my […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Game-Over-Man-115x115.jpg "Costa Mesa: If You Didn’t Read My Post from Yesterday, You May Not Know Why You Need Not Panic Today")
![Here are the results of Costa Mesa’s City Council race for three available seats. Sandy Genis 15.982 votes — 17.9% Steve Mensinger, 14,199 votes — 15.9% Gary Monahan, 13,945 votes — 15.6% John […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Foley-and-Humphrey-115x115.jpg "The Day After in Costa Mesa: Deja Vu of 2012, But Worse — But Also Provisional Grounds for Hope")
![Anaheim will now go back to Team Pringle having a 3-2 majority on City Council over Team Tait. But don’t let that headline mislead you: it’s a very different 3-2 majority than […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Anaheim-Mayoral-Council-Candidates-Results-115x115.jpg "The Day After in Anaheim: The Betrayal of Eastman, an Unnecessary Martyrdom, and Kring Wins for Losing")
![. . . This post presents the Final Election Night Tally. Comparing it to the First Election Night Tally tells us how many votes were tabulated on Election Night. Comparing […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Orange-Homegrown-e1415242800596.jpg "Orange County Election Results: FINAL ELECTION NIGHT TALLY (“Not Later Absentees, Provisionals, Etc.”)")
It will be interesting to see if the Lauren Johnson-Norris (Irvine resident) led OC Human Relations Commission (of which former…