Archive for the ‘Republican Central Committee’ Category
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on February 27, 2012
(Re-posted today with updated info. Original post here.)
It was suggested to me in an e-mail that instead of posting a list of names running for these Republican Party Central Committee seats, I should lessen the names and explain who these people are that are running.
I was intrigued by the suggestion and decided to do an update today of each Central Committee race and decided to do it in reverse numerical order (simply because I felt like doing it that way). Let’s start with AD 74 which is currently represented by Assemblyman Allan Mansoor. 
Emily Sanford– She is currently Scott Baugh’s alternate on the Central Committee and has been a volunteer with the OCGOP. I have heard people say nothing but nice things about her.
Christina L. Shea– She is best known for being one of the Republican members of the always fun Irvine City Council. In 2010 she was unable to run for re-election due to term limits.
Allan Bartlett– The leader of the OC Ron Paul fan club. He is a Libertarian leaning Republican that was recently involved in the blocked endorsement of John Campbell. *Incumbent.
John Draper– I don’t know a lot about him, although he is currently on the Central Committee and appears to be part of the tea party wing of the committee. *Incumbent.
Scott Baugh– Currently the Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County also former Assembly Republican leader. He is usually way out in first place on election night. *Incumbent.
Greg Baker– I could find nothing on him.
Jon Aiken– Jon used to be on the Central Committee and has been a long time volunteer with the OC GOP since at least 2006.
Erik K. Weigand– Erik is one of the really good guys in Orange County politics. He used to be the executive director of the OC GOP and is currently working on the district staff for Assemblyman Jim Silva
Bill Dunlap– He ran for the Central Committee back in 2010 for the 70th district. In fact, he came quite close to winning the seat being just 250 votes short of defeating Allan Bartlett for the 6th and final spot.
Rhonda Rohrabacher– The wife of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and also a political strategist. She has a lot of knowledge of the OC GOP and how it works. She is not an incumbent, but she will have residual name ID from Dana Rohrabacher.
Thomas A. Fuentes Jr.– The son of popular Republican Party Chairman Tom Fuentes. He was recently appointed to a vacancy on the Central Committee created by the very classy Matt Holder. *Incumbent.
Scott Peotter– He is a conservative attorney and also is best known to those that run in the same circles as members of the Family Action PAC.
Gary R. Morse– I found when searching that he is an organizer with the Newport Mesa Tea Party Patriots.
Vanessa Mathews– I could find nothing on her.
Posted in Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Allan Bartlett, Bill Dunlap, Christina L. Shea, Emily Sanford, Erik K. Weigand, Gary R. Morse, Greg Baker, John Draper, Jon Aiken, Rhonda Rohrabacher, Scott Baugh, Scott Peotter, Vanessa Mathews | 5 Comments »
Posted by HBK on February 24, 2012
One of the most telling signs that Deborah Pauly is bending under pressure to Todd Spitzer’s steamroller of a campaign can be found in the candidate filing log from the Registrar of Voters. You can see the financial numbers from this race in this post by one of my colleagues on this blog.
Yesterday, Pauly filed all of her candidate filing paperwork for Central Committee in the 68th District, including her Ballot Designation Worksheet and her Declaration of Candidacy form. (She is using “Councilwoman, City of Villa Park” as her ballot designation, by the way.)
In the 3rd Supervisorial District race, she has pulled neither the Ballot Designation Worksheet nor her Declaration of Candidacy form. Why didn’t she at least pull those papers while at the Registrar of Voters when she filed those two forms for Central Committee?
Considering both forms are quite brief, why didn’t she file them for both offices? Furthermore, shouldn’t a candidate for two offices file for the race that’s their top priority first? Like Pauly, Spitzer is also running for both Supervisor and Central Committee, but Spitzer has filed all of his candidate filing paperwork for Supervisor.
It’s becoming clear Deborah Pauly is not long for this supervisorial race.
Posted in 3rd Supervisorial District, Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Deborah Pauly, Todd Spitzer | 1 Comment »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on February 23, 2012
It was suggested to me in an e-mail that instead of posting a list of names running for these Republican Party Central Committee seats, I should lessen the names and explain who these people are that are running.
I was intrigued by the suggestion and decided to do an update today of each Central Committee race and decided to do it in reverse numerical order (simply because I felt like doing it that way). Let’s start with AD 74 which is currently represented by Assemblyman Allan Mansoor.
Emily Sanford– She is currently Scott Baugh’s alternate on the Central Committee and has been a volunteer with the OCGOP. I have heard people say nothing but nice things about her.
Christina L. Shea– She is best known for being one of the Republican members of the always fun Irvine City Council. In 2010 she was unable to run for re-election due to term limits.
Allan Bartlett– The leader of the OC Ron Paul fan club. He is a Libertarian leaning Republican that was recently involved in the blocked endorsement of John Campbell. *Incumbent.
John Draper– I don’t know a lot about him, although he is currently on the Central Committee and appears to be part of the tea party wing of the committee. *Incumbent.
Scott Baugh– Currently the Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County also former Assembly Republican leader. He is usually way out in first place on election night. *Incumbent.
Greg Baker– I could find nothing on him.
Jon Aiken– Jon used to be on the Central Committee and has been a long time volunteer with the OC GOP since at least 2006.
Erik K. Weigand– Erik is one of the really good guys in Orange County politics. He used to be the executive director of the OC GOP and is currently working on the district staff for Assemblyman Jim Silva
Bill Dunlap– He ran for the Central Committee back in 2010 for the 70th district. In fact, he came quite close to winning the seat being just 250 votes short of defeating Allan Bartlett for the 6th and final spot.
Rhonda Rohrabacher– The wife of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and also a political strategist. She has a lot of knowledge of the OC GOP and how it works. She is not an incumbent, but she will have residual name ID from Dana Rohrabacher.
Thomas A. Fuentes Jr.– The son of popular Republican Party Chairman Tom Fuentes. He was recently appointed to a vacancy on the Central Committee created by the very classy Matt Holder. *Incumbent.
Posted in Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Allan Bartlett, Bill Dunlap, Christina L. Shea, Emily Sanford, Erik K. Weigand, Greg Baker, John Draper, Jon Aiken, Rhonda Rohrabacher, Scott Baugh | 3 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on February 21, 2012
As you can see from the post written by my esteemed colleague Chris Nguyen, in a major surprise Congressman John Campbell failed to get the endorsement of the OC GOP.
I along with many others in attendance last night was shocked by the results of the vote, with John Campbell falling just 1 vote short of the endorsement. John Webb who is also running for this seat in the 45th Congressional District was also present in an effort to try to block the endorsement.
This particular endorsement began with John Campbell giving a speech on why he deserved the endorsement of the OC GOP. He pointed out that he had been a vocal member of the Republican Party for conservative causes in D.C. After he finished John Webb went up to speak and gave his reasons as to what he offered as a candidate for the seat.
Both men did a solid job in their opening statements and came across as intelligent advocates of conservative principles. Where things started to unravel a bit for Campbell was during the portion where members got to ask questions of the candidates. He was attacked for his positions on Cash For Clunkers, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and TARP.
I have a great deal of respect for Congressman Campbell for coming into a hostile environment and defending his position he took on these specific bills. I absolutely disagree with his position on TARP, but I respect the fact that he stands by the vote and gives his reasons for it.
One important note is that despite John Campbell having some solid supporters in his corner to speak up for him both Congressman Ed Royce and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher who were in attendance, yet failed to chime in on supporting him for the endorsement.
Nobody in Congress is perfect and overall John Campbell has been a solid conservative vote. I would have liked to have seen him get the endorsement of the OC GOP mainly because the last thing we need is for us to get stuck with Sukhee Kang in Congress.
John Webb seems like a really nice guy and a true conservative but I am behind John Campbell in this race and I hope that he can hold onto the seat. I recognize that we have a couple of Central Committee members as bloggers with us who likely differ with my opinion on this and I would like to encourage them to also post on this issue to give a different side of what went down last night.
Posted in 45th Congressional District, Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Dana Rohrabacher, Ed Royce, John Campbell, John Webb, Sukhee Kang | 11 Comments »
Posted by Chris Nguyen on February 20, 2012
Breaking from OC GOP Central Committee: 41 people voted to endorse Congressman John Campbell and 22 people voted against endorsing him.
Out of 63 people, Congressman Campbell needed 42 votes, as a 2/3 vote is required to gain the endorsement.
John Webb successfully blocked the endorsement.
Campbell’s opponents attacked his votes in favor of TARP and against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Posted in 45th Congressional District, Republican Central Committee | Tagged: John Campbell, John Webb | 9 Comments »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on February 20, 2012
Happy Presidents Day to everybody. Despite the Registrar of Voters being closed today, I thought we could take a look at who had filed for Republican Party Central Committee after the first week (incumbents have a *):
55th Assembly District (Hagman)
Brenda McCune
Tim Shaw
Robert Lauten
65th Assembly District (Norby)
Alex Burrola
Baron Night*
Greg Sebourn
Henry Charoen
Jerry Jackson*
Sou Moua
Pat Shuff*
68th Assembly District (Wagner)
Ken L. Williams Jr.
Noel Stone Parrish
Todd Spitzer*
Marcia Gilchrist*
Deborah Pauly*
Chris Emami (Yes, this is me)
Walter H. Myers III
Lynn Schott*
Nick Wilson
Denis Bilodeau*
69th Assembly District (Solorio)
Lupe Moreno*
Charles Hart
Thomas Anthony Gordon
72nd Assembly District (Silva)
Janet Nguyen*
John W. Briscoe
Mark McCurdy*
Dennis R. Catron
Brian Hoops
Matthew Harper*
Dean Grose*
Kermit Marsh*
73rd Assembly District (Harkey)
Dave Duringer
Mary Young*
Mike Munzing*
Alice Anderson*
Norm Dickinson*
Steve Magdziak
Chandra Chell*
Linda Barnes
74th Assembly District (Mansoor)
Emily Sanford
Allan Bartlett*
Christina Shea
John Draper*
Scott Baugh*
Greg Baker
Jon Aiken
I will try to do another update at the end of this week or early next week with another list of who has pulled papers.
Posted in Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Alex Burrola, Alice Anderson, Allan Bartlett, Baron Night, Brenda McCune, Brian Hoops, Chandra Chell, Charles Hart, Chris Emami, Christina Shea, Dave Duringer, Dean Grose, Deborah Pauly, Denis Bilodeau. Lupe Moreno, Dennis R. Catron, Emily Sanford, Greg Baker, Greg Sebourn, Henry Charoen, Janet Nguyen, Jerry Jackson, John Draper, John W. Briscoe, Jon Aiken, Ken L. Williams Jr., Kermit Marsh, Linda Barnes, Lynn Schott, Marcia Gilchrist, Mark McCurdy, Mary Young, Matthew Harper, Mike Munzing, Nick Wilson, Noel Stone Parrish, Norm Dickinson, Pat Shuff, Robert Lauten, Scott Baugh, Sou Moua, Steve Magdziak, Thomas Anthony Gordon, Tim Shaw, Todd Spitzer, Walter H. Myers III | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on February 16, 2012
Things are starting to heat up in the world of the Republican Party Central Committee filing with some more candidates jumping in to the fray. Take a look at who has already pulled papers in each district (incumbents have a *):
55th Assembly District (Hagman)
Brenda McCune
Tim Shaw
Robert Lauten
65th Assembly District (Norby)
Alex Burrola
Baron Night*
Greg Sebourn
Henry Charoen
Jerry Jackson*
Sam Moua
68th Assembly District (Wagner)
Ken Williams
Noel Stone Parrish
Todd Spitzer*
Marcia Gilchrist*
Deborah Pauly*
Chris Emami (Yes, this is me)
Walter H. Myers III
Lynn Schott*
69th Assembly District (Solorio)
Lupe Moreno*
72nd Assembly District (Silva)
Janet Nguyen*
John Briscoe
Mark McCurdy*
Dennis Catron
Brian Hoops
Matthew Harper*
73rd Assembly District (Harkey)
Dave Duringer
Mary Young*
Mike Munzing*
Alice Anderson*
Norm Dickinson*
Steve Magdziak
Chandra Chell*
74th Assembly District (Mansoor)
Emily Sanford
Allan Bartlett*
Christina Shea
John Draper*
Stay tuned for more updates on this race including an overall analysis handicapping each race after the filing period has closed.
Posted in Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Alex Burrola, Alice Anderson, Allan Bartlett, Baron Night, Brenda McCune, Brian Hoops, Chandra Chell, Chris Emami, Christina Shea, Dave Duringer, Deborah Pauly, Dennis Catron, Emily Sanford, Greg Sebourn, Henry Charoen, Janet Nguyen, Jerry Jackson, John Briscoe, John Draper, Ken Williams, Lupe Moreno, Lynn Schott, Marcia Gilchrist, Mark McCurdy, Mary Young, Matthew Harper, Mike Munzing, Noel Stone Parrish, Norm Dickinson, Robert Lauten, Sam Moua, Steve Magdziak, Tim Shaw, Todd Spitzer, Walter Myers | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Former Blogger Chris Emami on February 15, 2012
Sadly the filing period started out yesterday extremely slowly, with the most interesting races being the Republican Party Central Committee races. Take a look at who has already pulled papers in each district (incumbents have a *):
55th Assembly District (Hagman)
Brenda McCune
65th Assembly District (Norby)
Alex Burrola
Baron Night*
Greg Sebourn
Henry Charoen
Jerry Jackson*
68th Assembly District (Wagner)
Ken Williams
Noel Stone Parrish
72nd Assembly District (Silva)
Janet Nguyen*
John Briscoe
Mark McCurdy*
Dennis Catron
73rd Assembly District (Harkey)
Dave Duringer
Mary Young*
Mike Munzing*
74th Assembly District (Mansoor)
Emily Sanford
Allan Bartlett*
Christina Shea
It is still early in the filing period but it looks like we are going to have some huge numbers of people running for the Central Committee. Those races are obviously way inside baseball, but it is always fun to watch.
Posted in Republican Central Committee | Tagged: Alex Burrola, Allan Bartlett, Baron Night, Brenda McCune, Christina Shea, Dave Duringer, Dennis Catron, Emily Sanford, Greg Sebourn, Henry Charoen, Janey Nguyen, Jerry Jackson, John Briscoe, Ken Williams, Mark McCurdy, Mary Young, Mike Munzing, Noel Stone Parrish | Leave a Comment »
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