Harry Sidhu

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Harry Sidhu
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46th Mayor of Anaheim
In office
December 4, 2018 –May 24, 2022

Resignation

On May 16, 2022, a filing at the Orange County Superior Court stated that Sidhu was under investigation by the FBI for actions related to the sale of Angel Stadium and registering a personal helicopter at a false out-of-state address. [10] On August 16, 2023, Sidhu agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice (for "deleting multiple email messages and documents"), wire fraud, and making false statements to the FAA and the FBI. He admitted to attempting to evade sales tax on the helicopter, providing confidential information to the Angels, and hoping to receive $1 million in independent expenditures from the team if they bought Angel Stadium. [1] [4] [5]

On March 28, 2025, Sidhu was sentenced to two months in prison and fined $55,000. [5]

Electoral history

City Council

2004 Anaheim City Council at-large election (2 seats) [11]
CandidateVotes %
Lorri Galloway24,85618.8
Harry Sidhu24,24218.4
Jerry O'Connnell19,04414.4
Lucile Kring15,81912.0
Sefanie O'Neill10,4517.9
Richard "Dick" Larochelle10,4217.9
Andrea James8,1526.2
George Charles Johnson7,2435.5
Robert J. Flores5,0683.8
John R. Karczynski2,2061.7
Rubin Jamison Skipper1,8071.4
Craig Merrihue1,4961.1
Faiz Zuberi1,1370.9
2008 Anaheim City Council at-large election (2 seats) [11]
CandidateVotes %
Harry Sidhu (incumbent)32,65223.2
Lorri Galloway (incumbent)31,69422.6
Gail Eastman27,20019.4
John Karczynski11,6688.3
Kostas "Gus" Roditis10,1607.2
Jennifer Rivera8,2085.8
Robert J. Flores7,1485.1
Steve Perez5,4953.9
Brian Chuchua4,9573.5
Faiz Zuberi1,3361.0

State Assembly

California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2016
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sean Jay Panahi32,61033.0
Republican Steven Choi 19,55919.8
Republican Harry Sidhu19,40519.7
Republican Deborah Pauly 13,88014.1
Republican Alexia Deligianni-Brydges5,0985.2
No party preference Brian Chuchua4,6354.7
Republican Kostas Roditis3,5283.6
Total votes98,715 100.0
General election
Republican Steven Choi 114,210 60.3
Democratic Sean Jay Panahi75,23139.7
Total votes189,441 100.0
Republican hold

Mayor

2018 Anaheim mayoral election [12]
CandidateVotes %
Harry Sidhu26,42232.5%
Ashleigh Aitken 25,94431.9%
Lorri Galloway12,36715.2%
Cynthia Ward7,1218.7%
H. Fuji Shioura3,0243.7%
Robert Williams2,8243.5%
Rudy Gaona2,5063.1%
Tony D. Martin1,1991.5%
Total votes81,407 100%

References

  1. 1 2 Romine, Taylor (August 17, 2023). "Former Anaheim mayor agrees to plead guilty to federal charges related to attempted sale of Angel Stadium". CNN . Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Harry Sidhu is ahead in Anaheim mayor's race, and resort worker wage measure has the lead". The New Indian Express . November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Anaheim mayor resigns amid corruption probe into his role in Angel Stadium land sale". Los Angeles Times . May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Chow, Vivian (August 16, 2023). "Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty in federal corruption case over Angel Stadium sale". KTLA.
  5. 1 2 3 Emery, Sean (March 28, 2025). "Ex-Anaheim Mayor Sidhu gets 2 months in prison, $55,000 fine in case of ill-fated sale of Angel Stadium". The Orange County Register .
  6. 1 2 "Full Biography for Harry Sidhu". SmartVoter. November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ Cunningham, Matthew (July 6, 2017). "Anaheim: Harry Sidhu Opens Mayoral Campaign Committee". OC Daily. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ Robinson, Alicia (November 8, 2018). "Harry Sidhu is ahead in Anaheim mayor's race, and resort worker wage measure has the lead". Orange County Register . Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Friend of United States".
  10. ↑ "Feds Investigation Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu Over Angel Stadium Sale". The Orange County Register . May 16, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Election Results Archives". Orange County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Orange County 2018 General Election November 6, 2018 Official Results for Election". Orange County. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

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