A New Republican On 73rd Assembly Ticket In November

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — Across the county, voters made themselves heard on everything from Supervisors, State Assemblymen and Congressmen. In Assembly District 73, after votes were counted, a new republican candidate will head to the November elections.

Current Assemblyman Bill Brough, Republican, was recently rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women, including Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett. Brought dropped to fourth place with 17.95 percent of the vote in his reelection bid. Brough has consistently denied the misconduct allegations.

Brough was ahead of only Mission Viejo City Councilman Ed Sachs, who had just 14.26 percent in the 73rd District.

Davies led the way in the race, and with 27.9 percent, and unofficially will be on the ticket in the November against Democrat Scott Rhinehart.

Rhinehart, who lost to Brough in 2018, earned 21.66 percent of the vote, with ballots remaining to be counted.

There are 158,201 votes left to count out of 487,699 cast on Tuesday, according to Kelley's office. The county has 1.6 million registered voters. It was unclear how many, if any, would change the current vote counts in the 37th District.