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The California Republican Party has endorsed in most races for Congress, the State Senate, and the State Assembly.  Emami blogged about the CRP endorsement of Elizabeth Emken for the US Senate while I indirectly linked to the list of endorsements in this post (via CapitolAlert).

However, we never really discussed the state Republican Party endorsements here on OC Political, so here’s the CRP’s endorsements for OC’s US Congressional delegation:

• CD-38: No endorsement was made for the seat held by Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D-Lakewood)
  CPA Benjamin Campos and Law Enforcement Officer Jorge Robles are the two Republicans running.

• CD-39: Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) was endorsed and is the sole Republican running.

• CD-45: Congressman John Campbell (R-Irvine) was endorsed over Small Business Owner John Webb.
  While the CRP endorsed Campbell, the OCGOP did not.
  I covered the OCGOP endorsement drama in this race here, and Emami covered it here.

• CD-46: Businessman Jerry Hayden was endorsed over Accountant John Cullum and Escrow Businessman Pat Garcia.
  This seat is held by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Anaheim).

• CD-47: Long Beach Councilman Gary DeLong was endorsed over former Congressman Steve Kuykendall, an OC man named Steve Foley, and Small Business Owner Sanford Kahn.
  The Democrats running for this open seat are State Senator Alan Lowenthal, College Professor Peter Mathews, and inexplicably, a married couple are both running: Dr. Jay Shah and Charity President Usha Shah.  I’d pay to go to the Shah family dinner the night before the election.  It must be awkward to be one of the Shahs’ two adult sons; hope they live outside CD-47.
  As a legitimate swing district with no incumbent, this is one of the most interesting races involving Orange County.

• CD-48: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) was endorsed and is the sole Republican running.

• CD-49: Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista) was endorsed and is the sole Republican running.

Here’s the CRP’s endorsements for OC’s State Senate delegation (in both cases, they’re the sole Republican running; I covered both those races here):

• SD-29: Senator Bob Huff

• SD-37: Senator Mimi Walters

Here’s the CRP’s endorsements for OC’s State Assembly delegation:

• AD-55: Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) was endorsed is the sole Republican running.

• AD-65: Assemblyman Chris Norby (R-Fullerton) was endorsed and is the sole Republican running.
  Emami covered this race here.

• AD-68: Assemblyman Don Wagner (R-Irvine) was endorsed and is the sole Republican running.
  I did an article on his opponent, Christina Avalos (D-Orange), here.  Emami covered her here.

• AD-69: No endorsement was made.  OC Eligibility Technician Jose Moreno is the sole Republican running.  I sort of covered him here.

• AD-72: No endorsement was made.
  Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar, OC Board of Education Trustee Long Pham, and Businessman Travis Allen are the three Republicans running for this open seat.
  Click here to see our various articles related to AD-72.

• AD-73: Assemblywoman Diane Harkey (R-Dana Point) was endorsed and is the sole Republican running.

• AD-74: Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa) was endorsed over Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle.
  Click here to see our various articles related to AD-74.

For the full list of all Congressional, State Senate, and State Assembly endorsements by the California Republican Party, click here.

(In the interest of full disclosure, my day job is working in the office of Assemblyman Chris Norby, who was endorsed in AD-65.)