Follow the vote after polls close<\/p>\n
Insights straight from our newsroom. Our limited-run newsletter Make It Make Sense will unpack the ballot count and results, then check in regularly on the officials voted into office and measures passed by voters.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the things the auditor-controller doesn\u2019t do:Prosecute \u2014 the auditor-controller can only detect and identify fraud.\u00a0Handle tax revenue.\u00a0Create the county\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n
Fast facts about the Auditor-Controller Office:\u00a0An elected auditor-controller serves a four-year term.\u00a0The auditor-controller’s salary is more than $225,000 a year, not including benefits.The elected position came to be in 1982, when the Board of Supervisors consolidated the auditor\u2019s and controller\u2019s duties.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s on the agenda for next term:<\/p>\n
The budget: The auditor-controller will have to make sure that no dollar goes to waste as the county deals with shrinking support from the federal government and its obligations to fund payouts from the 2024 Airport Fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n Updating tech systems: The Auditor-Controller\u2019s Office is unifying finance and human resource operations from more than 20 county departments under one system. This move is expected to save the county millions of dollars and should be completed in 2027.<\/p>\n What it takes to win:<\/p>\n The winning candidate needs more than 50% of the votes to secure victory in the primary and avoid a runoff in the November general election. In this race, Andrew N. Hamilton is running unopposed and has a clear path to victory.<\/p>\n The candidate Hamilton was first elected as Orange County\u2019s auditor-controller in 2022. He has about 35 years of experience as a certified public accountant in the public and private sectors. He also has served on the Lake Forest City Council.<\/p>\n Andrew N. Hamilton<\/p>\n (<\/p>\n Courtesy Andrew N. Hamilton<\/p>\n )<\/p>\n More voter resources:<\/p>\n Candidate website<\/a>Endorsements include Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, O.C. Supervisor Janet Nguyen and state Sen. Tony Strickland.\u00a0Full endorsements list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Go deeper:\u00a0<\/p>\n How to get involved:<\/p>\n One of the best things you can do to hold officials accountable is pay attention. Your city council, board of supervisors, school board and more all hold public meetings that anybody can attend. These are times you can talk to your elected officials directly and hear about the policies they\u2019re voting on that affect your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s at stake in this race This is one of the few races on the ballot that is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-261052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAndrew N. Hamilton, incumbent<\/p>\n![\"a](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775824029_636_.jpeg\")
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