Orange County election results: Spitzer reelected as DA, Supervisor seat headed for runoff
Orange County election results: Spitzer reelected as DA, Supervisor seat headed for runoff
- June 8, 2022
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, KTTV (City News Service), June 8, 2022
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UC Irvine political science professor Louis DeSipio said it appears the electorate was “pro incumbency in some cases — [Todd] Spitzer a little more than [Katie] Porter.” But turnout — at 18% so far — was low, and disappointing, DeSipio said. “The county has really invested a lot in making voting easy and it just didn’t pay off” in this election cycle, he said, adding that “there will be a somewhat different electorate in the fall.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.foxla.com/news/orange-county-election-results-spitzer-reelected-as-da-supervisor-seat-headed-for-runoff.
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