Orange County Board of Supervisors elections, 2018 Majority party Minority party Third party Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Last election 5 0 0 Seats before 5 0 0 Seats won 2 1 0 Seats after 4 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 270,980 108,246 15,281 Percentage 68.7% 27.4% 3.9%
Winners Vote share Republican
60–70%
100%
Winners
Republican hold
Democratic gain
No election
Democratic
50–60%
The 2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors elections was on June 5, 2018, as part of the primary election on June 5, 2018. Three of the five seats of the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors were up for election.
County elections in California are officially nonpartisan. A two-round system will be used for the election, starting with the first round in June; followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates in each district. Runoffs are only held if no candidate receives a majority in each district.
Note: All elections for the Orange County Board of Supervisors are officially nonpartisan. The parties below identify which party label each candidate would have run under if given the option. Candidates all appear on the ballot as nonpartisan . For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2020. Seats where the margin of victory was under 5%:
County Supervisorial district 4, 0.8% 2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors District 2 election Candidate Michelle Steel Brendon Perkins Michael Mahony First round 80,854 63.4% 31,387 24.6% 15,281 12.0%
District 2 consists of coastal Orange County, including Huntington Beach , Costa Mesa , Cypress , La Palma , Los Alamitos , Newport Beach , Seal Beach , most of Fountain Valley , and neighborhoods in southern Buena Park .
Michelle Steel (Republican) Brendon Perkins (Democratic) Michael Mahony (Libertarian) 2018 Orange County's 2nd supervisorial district general election results by congressional district Orange County Board of Supervisors 2nd district, 2018[ 3] Candidate Votes % Michelle Steel (incumbent) 80,854 63.4 Brendon Perkins 31,387 24.6 Michael Mahony 15,281 12.0 Total votes 127,522 100.0
District 4 consists of inland northwestern Orange County, taking in Fullerton , La Habra , Placentia , Brea , western Anaheim , and most of Buena Park . Incumbent Shawn Nelson retired to run for California's 39th congressional district .[ 4]
Doug Chaffee (Democratic) Tim Shaw (Republican) Joe Kerr (Democratic) Lucille Kring (Republican) Rose Espinoza (Democratic) Cynthia Aguirre (Democratic) Tim Shaw
U.S. Representatives Ed Royce , U.S. Representative from California (R-CA-39) [ 5]
2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election initial round results by congressional district Shaw—50–60%
Chaffee—<30%
Kring—<30%
Orange County Board of Supervisors 4th district, 2018[ 3] Candidate Votes % Tim Shaw 18,171 20.6 Doug Chaffee 18,093 20.5 Joe Kerr 17,717 20.1 Lucille Kring 15,347 17.4 Rose Espinoza 10,397 11.8 Cynthia Aguirre 8,419 9.6 Total votes 88,141 100.0
2018 Orange County's 4th supervisorial district general election runoff results by congressional district Chaffee—60–70%
Chaffee—50–60%
Shaw—50–60%
Orange County Board of Supervisors 4th district runoff, 2018[ 6] Candidate Votes % Doug Chaffee 76,859 50.4 Tim Shaw 75,537 49.6 Total votes 152,396 100.0
2018 Orange County Board of Supervisors District 5 election
District 5 encompasses southern Orange County, including Aliso Viejo , Laguna Hills , Laguna Niguel , Laguna Woods , Lake Forest , Mission Viejo , Rancho Santa Margarita , San Juan Capistrano , Laguna Beach , San Clemente , and Dana Point .
2018 Orange County's 5th supervisorial district general election results by congressional district Orange County Board of Supervisors 5th district, 2018[ 3] Candidate Votes % Lisa Bartlett (incumbent) 113,567 100.0 Total votes 113,567 100.0
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