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OC Republican Leaders Split on Who Should Win Supervisor Race, With Voting to Start Soon
Feb. 1, 2021
From left: Republican county supervisors Don Wagner and Andrew Do are backing Kevin Muldoon for the supervisor s seat, while OC Republican Party Chairman Fred Whitaker and Supervisor Lisa Bartlett are backing John Moorlach. Do also has endorsed Fountain Valley Mayor Michael Vo. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC
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With voters set to start casting ballots in less than two weeks, a major split has emerged among Orange County’s top Republican leaders over who should win a hotly contested, coastal county supervisors’ seat.
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A March 9 special election to fill an open seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors is heating up, with five candidates having qualified to run by the Jan. 25 filing deadline.
But the real battle could be between three Republican contenders whose campaigns are already clashing as they seek endorsements that threaten to split the GOP vote.
Former state Sen. John Moorlach who previously served as a 2nd District supervisor from 2006 to 2015 secured the backing of the Republican Party of Orange County more than a month before outgoing supervisor Michelle Steel retired and was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.
Special Supervisor Election Heats Up as GOP Condemns Two Republican Challengers
Jan. 27, 2021
The five final candidates to replace Michelle Steel on the Orange County Board of Supervisors. From left: Councilman Kevin Muldoon of Newport Beach, attorney Janet Rappaport of Corona del Mar, Mayor Katrina Foley of Costa Mesa, Mayor Michael Vo of Fountain Valley, and former supervisor and state Senator John Moorlach. Credit: Photos by Julie Leopo for Voice of OC, and campaign websites
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Just as the filing deadline for candidates closed this week on a hotly contested, coastal county supervisors’ seat, local GOP leaders went on the attack against two Republican candidates in the race, calling them selfish and ego-driven.