Politics & Government

REAL-TIME RESULTS: Orange County's 2020 Primary Election Races

Orange County Patch's live roundup of Tuesday's election results from across Orange County in the primary election for March 3, 2020.

Orange County Patch's live roundup of Tuesday's election results from across Orange County in the primary election for March 3, 2020.
Orange County Patch's live roundup of Tuesday's election results from across Orange County in the primary election for March 3, 2020. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote here in Orange County, according to the latest voter registration numbers from Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office. Turnout was expected to be strong for Tuesday’s election as voters made their choice in the presidential primary, and voted on the largest proposed bond issue in state history.

Statewide, there are 20.4 million registered voters, an increase of 3.1 million since the last presidential election in 2016. In fact, 80 percent of eligible Californians are registered to vote, the highest heading into a California Presidential Primary in the past 68 years.

“California entered 2020 with a record 20.4 million registered voters—and I only expect that figure to climb as we reach the Presidential Primary in March and General Election in November,” said Secretary of State Alex Padilla.

Find out what's happening in Orange Countyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

MAJOR OC ELECTIONS: REAL-TIME RESULTS

The most-watched races that were on all ballots in California were those for the presidential primary and Proposition 13. Check here for results on those races.

Here in Orange County, voters also weighed in on races for the state house and U.S. Congress. Results for each race will be updated throughout the night below. Be sure to refresh this page for the latest.

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In the 38th Congressional District, incumbent Linda Sanchez is facing Michael Tolar.


In the 39th Congressional District, incumbent Gil Cisneros is facing Steve Cox and Young Kim.


In the 45th Congressional District which contains the cities of Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, incumbent Katie Porter is facing Greg Raths, Peggy Huang, Rhonda Furin, Don Sedgwick, Lisa Sparks and Christopher Gonzales.


In the 47th Congressional District which contains the cities of Los Alamitos and Rossmoor, incumbent Alan Lowenthal is facing Amy Phan West, Peter Mathews, Jalen Dupree Mcleod, Sou Moua, and John Briscoe.


In the 48th Congressional District which contains the cities of Laguna Niguel, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, incumbent Harley Rouda is facing John Thomas Schuesler, Michelle Steel, Richard Mata, Brian Burley, and James Brian Griffin.


In the 49th Congressional District which contains the cities of San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente, incumbent Mike Levin is facing Brian Maryott.


State Assembly Offices

In the 55th California State Assembly District, which covers parts of Orange and Los Angeles County, incumbent Philip Chin faces Andrew Rodriguez.


In the 65th California State Assembly District, incumbent Sharon Quirk-Silva faces Cynthia Thacker.


In the 68th California State Assembly District, which contains the city of Lake Forest incumbent Steven Choi faces Benjamin Yu, Eugene Fields and Melissa Fox.


In the 72nd California State Assembly District, which contains the cities of Los Alamitos and Rossmoor, incumbent Tyler Diep faces Janet Nguyen, Diedre Nguyen, and Bijan Mohseni.


In the 73rd California State Assembly District which contains the cities of San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Rancho Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo, and Laguna Niguel, incumbent William (Bill) Brough faces Ed Sachs, Laurie Davies, Scott Rhinehard and Chris Duncan.


In the 74th California State Assembly District, which contains the cities of Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, incumbent Cottie Petrie-Norris faces Diane Dixon and Kelly Ernby.


County Supervisors

Closer to home, Orange County Supervisors 1st District, which contains the cities of Garden Grove, Santa Ana and Westminster, incumbent Andrew Do is facing Sergio Contreras, Kim Bernice Nguyen and Miguel Pulido.

In the 3rd District of the OC Supervisors, which contains the cities of Anaheim, Tustin, Irvine, Orange and Yorba Linda, Donald Wagner is facing Ashleigh Aitken.

Who will win? Read: REAL-TIME RESULTS: OC Board Of Supervisors

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