{"id":350647,"date":"2026-06-07T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350647\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:37:17","slug":"and-now-on-to-the-finals-orange-county-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350647\/","title":{"rendered":"And now, on to the finals \u2013 ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Politics & Elections<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026 PRIMARY Elections for California (Shutterstock).<\/p>\n

From a staff writer<\/p>\n

Candidates from West Orange County cities had mixed results in Tuesday\u2019s primary elections.<\/p>\n

Some hopefuls did well enough to advance to the general election in November. Here are the results from the California Secretary of State\u2019s tallies. In some cases the districts cover not just Orange County, but also include parts of Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n

In California\u2019s electoral system, the top two candidates in each race \u2013 regardless of party \u2013 qualify for the final \u201crunoff\u201d in November. In some instances, it\u2019s possible that the \u201cfinalists\u201d could be of the same party.<\/p>\n

Locally relevant results as of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
\u2022 45th Congressional District: Derek Tran (Democrat-incumbent) is leading with 52.3 percent of the vote, followed by Republican Chuong Vo (14.8) percent and Chi \u201cCharlie\u201d Nguyen (Republican) with 12.1 percent.
Nguyen is the mayor of West minster. Amy Phan West (Republican) is a member of the Westminster City Council: she\u2019s last with 4.8 percent.<\/p>\n

\u2022 46th Congressional District: Lou Correa (Democrat-incumbent) is leading with 51.5 percent, followed by David Pan (Republican) with 35.7 percent and Christian Mendez (Democrat) with 6.5 percent).<\/p>\n

\u2022 55th State Senate District: Tony Strickland (Republican) is leading by 53.9 percent, followed by Chris Duncan (Democrat) with 46.1 percent.<\/p>\n

\u2022 70th State Assembly District: Tri Ta (Republican-incumbent) is leading with 55.8 percent, followed by Paula Swift (Democrat) with 44.2 percent.<\/p>\n

\u2022 California Attorney General: Rob Bonta (Democrat-incumbent) is leading with 53.3 percent, followed by Michael Gates (Republican) with 42.1 percent and Majorie Mikels (Green) with 4.7 percent. Gates is the former city attorney for Huntington Beach.<\/p>\n

For complete (and up-to-date) results, go to: https:\/\/dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov\/contests\/statewide<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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