2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors election

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Orange County Board of Supervisors elections, 2018
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 2016June 5 and November 6, 2018 2019 (special)  

3 of 5 seats to the Orange County Board of Supervisors
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Last election500
Seats before500
Seats won210
Seats after410
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote270,980108,24615,281
Percentage68.7%27.4%3.9%

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The 2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors elections was on June 5, 2018, as part of the primary election on June 5, 2018. Three of the five seats of the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors were up for election.

Contents

County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. A two-round system will be used for the election, starting with the first round in June; followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district. Runoffs are only held if no candidate receives a majority in each district.

Summary of results

Summary of results by county supervisorial district

Board of Supervisors District Incumbent PartyElected SupervisorParty
2nd Michelle Steel RepublicanMichelle SteelRepublican
4th Shawn NelsonRepublicanDoug ChaffeeDemocratic
5th Lisa Bartlett RepublicanLisa BartlettRepublican

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:

  1. County Supervisorial district 4, 0.8%

District 2

2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 election
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 2011June 5 and November 6, 2018 2021 (Special)  
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Candidate Michelle Steel Brendon PerkinsMichael Mahony
First round80,854
63.4%
31,387
24.6%
15,281
12.0%

Supervisor before election

Michelle Steel

Elected Supervisor

Michelle Steel

District 2 consists of coastal Orange County, including Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, most of Fountain Valley, and neighborhoods in southern Buena Park.

General election

Candidates

  • Michelle Steel (Republican)
  • Brendon Perkins (Democratic)
  • Michael Mahony (Libertarian)

Endorsements

Michelle Steel
U.S. Representatives

[1]

Brendon Perkins
Organizations

[2]

Results

2018 Orange County's 2nd supervisorial district general election results by congressional district
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2018 Orange County's 2nd supervisorial district general election results by congressional district
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  •   Steel—60–70%
Orange County Board of Supervisors 2nd district, 2018 [3]
CandidateVotes %
Michelle Steel (incumbent)80,85463.4
Brendon Perkins31,38724.6
Michael Mahony15,28112.0
Total votes127,522 100.0

District 4

2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors District 4 election
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 2011June 5 and November 6, 2018 2022  
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Candidate Doug Chaffee Tim Shaw Joe Kerr
First round18,093
20.5
31,387
24.6%
17,717
20.1%
Runoff76,859
50.4
75,537
49.6
Eliminated

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CandidateLucille KringRose EspinozaCynthia Aguirre
First round15,347
17.4%
10,397
11.8%
8,419
9.6%
RunoffEliminatedEliminatedEliminated

Supervisor before election

Shawn Nelson

Elected Supervisor

Doug Chaffee

District 4 consists of inland northwestern Orange County, taking in Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, Brea, western Anaheim, and most of Buena Park. Incumbent Shawn Nelson retired to run for California's 39th congressional district. [4]

General election

Candidates

  • Doug Chaffee (Democratic)
  • Tim Shaw (Republican)
  • Joe Kerr (Democratic)
  • Lucille Kring (Republican)
  • Rose Espinoza (Democratic)
  • Cynthia Aguirre (Democratic)

Endorsements

Tim Shaw
U.S. Representatives
  • Ed Royce, U.S. Representative from California (R-CA-39)

[5]

Results

2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election initial round results by congressional district
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2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election initial round results by congressional district
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  •   Shaw—50–60%
  •   Chaffee—<30%
  •   Kring—<30%
Orange County Board of Supervisors 4th district, 2018 [3]
CandidateVotes %
Tim Shaw18,17120.6
Doug Chaffee 18,09320.5
Joe Kerr 17,71720.1
Lucille Kring15,34717.4
Rose Espinoza10,39711.8
Cynthia Aguirre8,4199.6
Total votes88,141 100.0

Runoff

Results

2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election runoff results by congressional district
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Chaffee--50-60%
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2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election runoff results by congressional district
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  •   Chaffee—60–70%
  •   Chaffee—50–60%
  •   Shaw—50–60%
Orange County Board of Supervisors 4th district runoff, 2018 [6]
CandidateVotes %
Doug Chaffee 76,85950.4
Tim Shaw75,53749.6
Total votes152,396 100.0

District 5

2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5 election
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 2011June 5 and November 6, 2018 2022  
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Candidate Lisa Bartlett
First round113,567
100.00%

Supervisor before election

Lisa Bartlett

Elected Supervisor

Lisa Bartlett

District 5 encompasses southern Orange County, including Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, and Dana Point.

General election

Results

2018 Orange County's 5th supervisorial district general election results by congressional district
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2018 Orange County's 5th supervisorial district general election results by congressional district
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  •   Bartlett—100%
Orange County Board of Supervisors 5th district, 2018 [3]
CandidateVotes %
Lisa Bartlett (incumbent)113,567100.0
Total votes113,567 100.0

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References

  1. Endorsements
  2. Endorsements
  3. 1 2 3 "Orange County Statewide Direct Primary Election June 5, 2018". Orange County Elections.
  4. Mai-Duc, Christine (January 10, 2018). "Ed Royce's retirement from Congress started an Orange County edition of musical chair". Los Angeles Times.
  5. Endorsements
  6. "Orange County 2018 General Election November 6, 2018". Orange County Elections.
Official campaign websites of second district candidates
Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates
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