Since California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission finalized new boundaries for every state and federal political district last month, new candidates for those new seats have jumped into the June primary nearly every day.
So far, there are at least 42 candidates vying for one of six newly drawn Congressional seats, five state Senate seats and nine Assembly seats that are up for election this year. Candidates have until March 11 to file formal declarations to run for office.
Two House incumbents — GOP Reps. Young Kim of La Habra and Michelle Steel of Seal Beach — will run outside the districts where they live, which is legal but not considered politcally favorable. Steel’s race in the redrawn CA-45 is considered a toss-up by forecasters and expected to be one of the country’s most competitive House races.
One Assembly incumbent — Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach — is poised to move so she can run in a more favorable district, since state lawmakers must live in the area they represent. She’ll land in AD-73, where she and Assemblyman Steven Choi, R-Irvine, will face off in the county’s only incumbent vs. incumbent battle.
Neighboring AD-74 also is expected to see a hyper-competitive race, as incumbent Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, faces two strong Democratic challengers in Laurie Girand and Chris Duncan.
Three state Senate and four Assembly districts have no incumbents running, while AD-64 had no known challengers at press time.
Here’s a look at candidates who have officially launched or confirmed their campaigns for those seats so far.
O.C. House seats
38th District: Southeast Los Angeles County and La Habra; favors Democrats by 26 points and is majority Latino.
-Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Whittier, 10-term incumbent
–Eric Ching, R-Walnut, mayor pro tem
-Paul Irving Jones, R-Lakewood, Reverand
–Elizabeth Moreira, D-Norwalk, hospitality management
40th District: Covers eastern Orange County, from Yorba Linda to Rancho Mission Viejo, plus Chino Hills in San Bernardino County; favors GOP by 5.6 points and is majority White.
-Rep. Young Kim, R-La Habra, 1-term incumbent
–Greg Raths, R-Mission Viejo, city councilman
-Nick Taurus, R-Laguna Hills, American Nationalist activist
45th District: A C-shaped district that goes from Brea west to Cerritos, then curves south to sweep up most of Little Saigon, ending with Fountain Valley; favors Democrats by 4.9 points and is a majority Asian American.
-Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Seal Beach, 1-term incumbent
–Jay Chen, D-Hacienda Heights, real estate
–Joseph Cho, D-Cerritos, journalist and former councilman
46th District: Central Orange County, including most of Santa Ana and Anaheim plus parts of Stanton, Fullerton and Orange; favors Democrats by 27.5 points and is a majority Latino.
-Rep. Lou Correa, D-Anaheim, 3-term incumbent
–Mike Ortega, D-Anaheim, biomedical engineer
–Ed Rushman, NPP-Anaheim, I.T. project manager
–Cecilia “Ceci” Truman, R-Menifee, business woman
47th District: North coastal Orange County, from Seal Beach to Laguna Beach, plus Irvine; favors Democrats by 1.1 point and is majority White.
-Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, 2-term incumbent
–Scott Baugh, R-Huntington Beach, attorney and former Assembly member
–Brian Burley, R-Huntington Beach, I.T. consulting
–Amy Phan West, R-Westminster, runs rental car company
49th District: South coastal Orange County and northern San Diego County; favors Democrats by 1.9 points and is majority White.
-Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, 2-term incumbent
–Lisa Bartlett, R-Dana Point, county supervisor
–Brian Maryott, R-San Juan Capistrano, financial planner and former councilman
–Christopher Rodriguez, R-Oceanside, council member
O.C. state Senate seats
30th District: Northeast L.A. County cities and Brea; favors Democrats by 28.2% and is majority Latino.
-Sen. Bob Archuleta, D-Pico Rivera, 1-term incumbent
-Henry Bouchot, D-Whittier, council member
32nd District**: Four-county district that starts with Yorba Linda in Orange County and Chino Hills in San Bernardino County, goes through east Riverside County from Norco to Temecula, and ends at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in central San Diego County; favors Republicans by 8.9 points and is majority White.
–Kelly Seyarto, R-Murrieta, Assemblyman for AD-67
34th District: Starts in Norwalk in L.A. County and swings southeast to include part of Fullerton, La Habra, Buena Park and Orange plus most of Anaheim and Santa Ana; favors Democrats by 25.9 points and is majority Latino.
-Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, 1-term incumbent
36th District**: Starts in Cerritos in L.A. county and swings southwest to include most of Little Saigon and all of coastal Orange County, from Seal Beach to San Clemente; favors Republicans by 2.2 points and is majority White.
–Janet Nguyen, R-Huntington Beach, Assemblywoman for AD-72
38th District**: Includes at least portions of south O.C. cities Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Laguna Hills and San Juan Capistrano before swinging south along the San Diego Coast to Mission Beach; favors Democrats by 4.9 points and is majority White.
–Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, mayor
-Matthew Gunderson, R-Mission Viejo, former car dealership owner
O.C. Assembly seats
59th District: Includes Yorba Linda, Placentia, Brea, Anaheim Hills and North Tustin along with Chino Hills in San Bernardino County; favors GOP by 7.6 points points and is majority White.
-Assemblyman Phillip Chen, R-Brea, 3-term incumbent
64th District**: Southern L.A. County cities plus La Habra; favors Democrats by 30.5 points is majority Latino.
-No known candidates
67th District: Includes Fullerton, Buena Park, Cypress and west Anaheim plus Cerritos in L.A. County; favors Democrats by 17.4 points and is a majority Asian American.
-Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, 4-term incumbent
-Paramvir “Param” Brar, D, city and occupation unknown
68th District: Includes all or portions of Santa Ana, Orange and Anaheim; favors Democrats by 29.8 points and is majority Latino.
-Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, 5-term incumbent
70th District: Centered around Little Saigon and includes Westminster, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Los Alamitos, Stanton and the unincorporated community of Rossmoor, plus slivers of Santa Ana and Huntington Beach; favors Democrats by 6.6 points and is majority Asian American.
–Ted Bui, R-Fountain Valley, councilman
-Kimberly Ho, R-Westminster, councilwoman
–Tri Ta, R-Westminster, mayor
71st District**: Includes O.C. cities of Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita, along with unincorporated south O.C. and canyon communities, plus the Riverside County cities of Temecula, Murrieta and Wildomar; favors Republicans by 10.9 points and is majority White.
–Matt Rahn, R-Temecula, mayor
72nd District**: Covers north coastal O.C. from Seal Beach to Laguna Beach; favors Republicans by 6.5 points and is majority White.
–Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach, councilwoman
73rd District: Includes Irvine, Costa Mesa and Tustin; favors Democrats by 13 points and is narrowly majority White.
-Assemblyman Steven Choi, R-Irvine, 3-term incumbent
-Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach, 2-term incumbent
74th District: Stretches from Laguna Niguel south along the coast to Oceanside in San Diego County, picking up San Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and Vista along the way; favors GOP by 0.6 points and is majority White.
-Assemblywoman Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, 1-term incumbent
-Chris Duncan, D-San Clemente, councilman
–Laurie Girand, D-San Juan Capistrano, technology consultant and activist
*Partisan data from Political Data Inc. and ethnic data from the Citizen Redistricting Commission
**No incumbent in this race because they either will term out, were drawn out of their district or are moving to run somewhere more favorable.
Source: Orange County Register
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