Partisan balance at stake in June 2 Orange County, California Board of Supervisors primaries

Eleven candidates are running for three seats on the Orange County Board of Supervisors on June 2. Two incumbents are running for re-election, and the other seat is open.

Although elections for the Orange County Board of Supervisors are officially nonpartisan, heading into the elections, media outlets reported that Democrats had a 3-2 majority on the Board and that all three Democratic-held seats were up for election in 2026. In 2022, media outlets reported that Democrats had won a majority on the board for the first time since 1976.

According to LAist, "The five county supervisors are some of the most powerful people in Orange County, deciding nearly $11 billion in spending each year on key government services, including law enforcement, infrastructure, public health and mental health. They also oversee much of the county’s social safety net, including operating county shelters and funding permanent supportive housing."

The three seats up for election are in District 2, District 4, and District 5. The races in District 4 and District 5 received the most media attention and generated the most campaign spending. In District 2, incumbent Vicente Sarmiento, Kimberly Davis, Nelida Mendoza, and James Wallace are running.



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